title: The team climate inventory as a measure of primary care teams' processes: validation of the French version.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Evaluate the psychometric properties of the French version of the short 19-item Team Climate Inventory (TCI) and explore the contributions of individual and organizational characteristics to perceived team effectiveness.
  
  
  METHODS
  The TCI was completed by 471 of the 618 (76.2%) healthcare professionals and administrative staff working in a random sample of 37 primary care practices in the province of Quebec.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Exploratory factor analysis confirmed the original four-factor model. Cronbach's alphas were excellent (from 0.88 to 0.93). Latent class analysis revealed three-class response structure. Respondents in practices with professional governance had a higher probability of belonging to the "High TCI" class than did practices with community governance (36.7% vs. 19.1%). Administrative staff tended to fall into the "Suboptimal TCI" class more frequently than did physicians (36.5% vs. 19.0%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results confirm the validity of our French version of the short TCI. The association between professional governance and better team climate merits further exploration.
authors.affiliation: University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) and Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC.
authors.forename: Marie-Dominique
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Beaulieu
authors.affiliation: Graduate Student, Department of Mathematics, Université du Québec à Montréal Montreal, QC.
authors.forename: Nataliya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dragieva
authors.affiliation: University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) Montreal, QC.
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Del Grande
authors.affiliation: Management School, University of Sheffield Sheffield, UK.
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dawson
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, McGill University Montreal, QC.
authors.forename: Jeannie L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Haggerty
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto Toronto, ON.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barnsley
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa.
authors.forename: William E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Hogg
authors.affiliation: Public Health Directorate, Montreal Health and Social Services Agency.
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tousignant
authors.affiliation: Management School, Lancaster University, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: West
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000592:standards*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011792:Quebec; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards
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