Climate and cultural aspects in intensive care units
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Corresponding authors: Bertrand Guidet bertrand.guidet@sat.aphp.fr - Vicente González-Romá Vicente.Glez-Roma@uv.es
1 Inserm, Unité de Recherche en Épidémiologie Systèmes d'Information et Modélisation (U707), Paris, F-75012, France
2 UPMC Univ Paris 06, France
3 Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, service de réanimation médicale, Paris, F-75012, France
4 Idocal, University of Valencia, Av. Blasco Ibáñez, 21, 46010-Valencia, Spain
Critical Care 2011, 15:312 doi:10.1186/cc10361
Published: 16 November 2011Abstract
Research carried out in the field of work and organisational psychology shows that work unit climate and culture are important determinants of work unit performance. We briefly summarise what we have learnt about the climate-performance relationship in work units distinct from ICUs. Then, we show how the ICU culture can be measured, and summarise research on the culture-performance relationship in ICUs.