Effects of Role Variables on Job Satisfaction. (Physician Executive Role Variables)‪.‬

EVERY HEALTH CARE MANAGER FACES THE DILEMMA of balancing quality versus cost of care on a daily basis. One stakeholder who is not used to dealing directly with these pressures is the physician. For years, the physician has assumed the primary role of the clinician in the organization. More recently, however, the role has shifted from clinician to executive/manager. In part, this transition is In response to economic constraints, advances in medical technology, rising health care costs, and other factors that are endemic to this rapidly changing environment. Physicians have been called upon to participate not only in clinical decision-making, but in managing the enterprise as well. Physicians and role stress