title: Enhancing administrator-clinician relationships: the role of psychological type.
abstract: The psychological dispositions of a sample of health administrators are contrasted with those of normative samples of physicians and nurses. Comparisons show that both physicians and nurses are more introverted, feeling, and perceiving than administrators, who tend to be more extraverted, thinking, and judging. Strategies for a common language and better communication for improved relationships between administrators and clinicians are outlined.
authors.affiliation: School of Business Administration, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: O'Connor
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Shewchuk
mesh_terms: D001364:Awareness; D003144:Communication Barriers; D003625:Data Collection; D004644:Emotions; D006270:Health Facility Administrators / Q000523:psychology*; D006808:Humanism; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007439:Introversion, Psychological; D007600:Judgment; D008503:Medical Staff / Q000523:psychology*; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology*; D010551:Personality; D010552:Personality Assessment; D012380:Role; D013240:Stereotyping; D013850:Thinking; D014481:United States