Table 4 Metrological properties of the first version of the organizational culture questionnaire
From: Design and validation of a questionnaire to assess organizational culture in French hospital wards
Heading | Nb of items | Response rates | Saturation | Correlations | Overall PCA (31 factors) | Cronbach Alpha values | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
<0.20 | >0.60 | |||||||
1. Engagement at work | ||||||||
a. Engagement with hospital department | 6 | (97.2–99.8) | Ceiling effect (3) | (2) | F3(1) F12(3) F24(1) F31(1) | 0.668 | ↘ (1) | |
b. Work to earning balance | 4 | (99.0–99.2) | Ceiling effect (1) | (3) | F22(3) F31(1) | 0.393 | ↘ (1) | |
c. Acceptance of department standards | 4 | (98.4–99.2) | Ceiling effect (1) | (4) | F10(2) F31(1) | 0.575 | ↘ (1) | |
d. Professional aims | 5 | (99.1–99.8) | Ceiling effect (5) | F2(5) | 0.712 | |||
2. Perceived results of the running of the department | ||||||||
a. Satisfaction at work | 5 | (99.2–99.5) | 2 | F11(5) | 0.840 | |||
b. Likelihood of remaining on staff | 6 | (98.5–99.1) | Ceiling effect (4) | 5 | F3(6) | 0.911 | ↘ (1) | |
c. Workload | 8 | (98.3–99.1) | Ceiling effect (1) | (1) | F6(5) F9(1) F29(2) | 0.777 | ↘ (1) | |
d. Work exhaustion | 5 | (97.6–99.0) | (1) | F5(1) F6(1) F9(2) F11(1) | 0.697 | ↘ (1) | ||
e. Perceived efficiency of the department | 4 | (98.0–98.6) | F17(4) | 0.747 | ||||
3. Founding elements of a culture | ||||||||
a. Language practices | 4 | (98.5–99.3) | Ceiling effect (1) | (1) | F4(1) F19(3) | 0.414 | ↘ (1) | |
b(a). Notions of patient and care | 3 | (97.7–98.4) | (2) | F4(1) F13(1) F21(1) | 0.473 | ↘ (1) | ||
b(b). Service practices | 3 | (98.0–98,6) | Ceiling effect (1) | (2) | F7(7) F28(1) | 0.447 | ↘ (1) | |
c. Symbols and History | 3 | (97.4–97.7) | F14(3) | 0.723 | ||||
4. Service Management of the department | ||||||||
a. Support and drive | 2 | (97.8–98.0) | 1 | F1(2) | 0.916 | |||
b. Taking account of the individual in the group | 7 | (96.9–98.3) | Ceiling effect (1) | (6) | F1(2) F23(4) | 0.633 | ↘ (3) | |
c. Allocation of tasks and goals | 4 | (97.3–98.4) | Ceiling effect (1) | (1) | F21(3) | 0.630 | ↘ (1) | |
d. Organisational training | 2 | (97.3–97.9) | (2) | F1(1) | 0.350 | |||
e. Decision making | 2 | (97.3–97.6) | F8(1) | 0.646 | ||||
f. Management of conflicts between professionals | 9 | (96.7–97.7) | (1) | F27(4) F30(5) | 0.807 | ↘ (1) | ||
g. Type of behaviour encouraged in the department | 5 | (96.6–97.9) | Ceiling effect (2) | (3) | F24(1) F18(4) | 0.526 | ↘ (1) | |
5. Relation and communication in the department | ||||||||
a. Relationship between professionals | 13 | (94.0–97.4) | (4) | 1 | F4(2) F8(5) F16(3) F20(2) F27(1) | 0.834 | ||
b. Diffusion of information | 6 | (96.6–97.4) | (1) | 1 | F15(3) F28(2) | 0.696 | ↘ (1) | |
6. Relationship and Communication with patients and their families | ||||||||
a. Relationship | 3 | (97.3–97.9) | Ceiling effect (1) | (2) | F13(3) | 0.491 | ↘ (1) | |
b. Communication | 2 | (97.3–97.7) | F13(2) | 0.549 | ||||
7. Service and the outerworld | 3 | (96.7–97.7) | (2) | F26(2) | 0.470 | |||
8. Support by the service head doctor | 13 | (94.8–95.1) | (2) | 6 | F5(9) F25(4) | 0.872 | ||