Developing a scale for measuring professional equity among Canadian physicians.
Soc Sci Med
; 61(2): 263-6, 2005 Jul.
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| ID: mdl-15893043
ABSTRACT
This paper reports on progress made in defining and measuring the concept of professional equity through the development of a summative measure of professional equity and three of its components financial, intrinsic and recognition equity. The study sample consisted of a stratified sample of 8375 Canadian physicians with usable responses from 2749 (32.8%). Following preliminary components analysis, items were grouped into constructs. Reliability of the constructs was then determined using Cronbach's alpha and total inter-item correlations followed by confirmatory factor analysis. A summary scale using all 15 equity items yielded a reliability Cronbach's alpha=0.86. The sub-scales reliabilities were financial equity (Cronbach's alpha=0.91); intrinsic equity (Cronbach's alpha=0.86); and recognition equity (Cronbach's alpha=0.70). The professional equity measures reported are therefore capable of assessing different aspects of equity and represent an advance over more general effort-reward scales or those that only measure the range of rewards.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Contexto em Saúde:
1_ASSA2030
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Médicos
/
Salários e Benefícios
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Aspecto:
Equity_inequality
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Soc Sci Med
Ano de publicação:
2005
Tipo de documento:
Article