Physician executives report high job satisfaction. Summary of findings from a survey of senior physician executives

The role of the senior physician executive is well established in American hospitals and health systems. There is little research, however, on overall physician executive job satisfaction, their perceptions of their organizational role and job performance, or their views of the medical staffs with which they work. A recent survey of physician executives examined these and other areas. It found physician executives to be quite satisfied with their jobs. What follows is a summary of the findings. An article based on the survey will be featured in a future issue of The Physician Executive.     

Functional capacity evaluation: Ecological validity of three static endurance tests

Functional Capacity Evaluation's (FCE's) are designed to measure the functional capacity of injured workers. Static endurance tests are integrated aspects of FCE's. Little is known about the validity of the tests. In this study, three static endurance tests (overhead work, crouching and kneeling) of the Isernhagen Work Systems FCE are studied for ecological validity. By manipulating the environment in an experiment using three different conditions (normal, loud noise, high production requirement), the ecological validity of the tests was investigated. Results: the different conditions did not seem to influence the holding times, the perceived exertion and the productivity of the subjects. The results are discussed and it is concluded that the three static endurance tests meet conditions of ecological validity. In order to be able to state that the tests of the IWS FCE are ecologically valid, more research is needed to enable a generalization.     

南斯拉夫的领导和变化

约瑟普·布罗兹·铁托缔造的体制继续行之有效,这也许是铁托去世以后南斯拉夫最重要的特点。目前,一些重要的、部分是因为考虑到铁托逝世而制定的政治制度(如,联邦主席团)正在起作用,这些制度如果称不上完美无缺,至少也足以防止严重的内乱。在铁托病前发生过两件大事,它们对铁托去世后的南斯拉夫政治体制的稳定关系极大:一,1968年苏联入侵捷克斯洛伐     

心理学和社会——变化的挑战

有些学者把现代西方社会称为“知识社会”、“服务性社会”和“后工业社会”。它跟以前的社会相比较,有两大发展:一是服务性经济的增长,即服务行业已成为经济的基础,并且这种情况正在发展。到1979年几乎70%的雇佣工作人员从事服务行业。而且专业人员从事这种行业的也越来越多。如1960年从事服务行业的社会科学家为4万人,1979年增加到23.8万人;心理学家从1.7万人增加到9.1万人。二是对专门知识的依赖,即社会活     

欧洲需要自救

虽然下个世纪联合的欧洲会成为一股无比突出韵力量,但在波斯湾危机上,欧洲各国最初的混乱和无条理的反应,却再次表明作为世界舞台重要成员的欧洲是不称职的。“国外事态”权威栏目上这种尖锐评论,表达了一种客观公正的意见。的确,海湾危机有力地证明了欧共体各国的所有政治合作均是徒劳无益的。一些观察家认为:欧共体成员国有着各自不同的目的和志向,在世界舞台上,他们有各自独立的位置。而另一些人确信:一个新的集团的成员,由于其自身利益超出其履行职责所付出的代价,在国际社会中必将取得一个重要位置。通过海湾危机,这两种思想派别均已受到了教育。海湾战争不但使     

进行谈判时的心理变数

在经济学与选择理论文献中,学者认为谈判中的人的行为是合理的,意思是说通过询问拥有充分信息的个人如何行动去确保其最佳利益,可以理解人在谈判中的行为。合理行为的结果应该是用最佳策略获取最大的报酬。但合理的选择并不总是得到预期的效果,并不是每个纳税人都逃税,裁军的确在进行着,价格大战并不是持续不停地打下去。     

引导员工做企业主人

很多公司刚成立不久,处于发展阶段.而有些员工似乎不太热心帮助其他人熟悉业务和销售.所以这样下去可能会影响公司长远的发展.怎样才能激发员工(尤其是新员工)竞争力、为公司发展作贡献呢?     

“发展中国家”的特征

“发展中的国家”不仅意味着发展本国的生产能力,而且更重要的意味着必须改革本国的社会和经济结构。“发展中的国家”“发展”的最终目的在于改善人民的生活。要实现这个目标,“发展中的国家”必须逐步消灭人们在收入和财富中的不平等,在经济上缩小地区和人与人之间的差别,消除民众的贫穷和各种社会弊病。减少失业人口,增加就业机会,提供更多的食物和营养品供应。发展教育事业和各种医疗保健设施。应尽最大可