Journal article
Tribalism in a Pediatric Emergency Department
Human organization, Vol.79(1), pp.24-32
03/01/2020
DOI: 10.17730/0018-7259.79.1.24
Abstract
This ethnography explored the organizational culture of a busy urban pediatric emergency department (ED) in the United States. EDs uniquely combine extreme patient acuity, high census, a high-stress unpredictable environment, and fast-paced complex communication. We found that tribalism characterized the organizational culture and was exacerbated by resource scarcity, changing leadership, and high patient volume. Tribalism affected work climate and job satisfaction but is entrenched and difficult to change. We examine the historical, social, and institutional factors that contributed to tribalism and the ways in which tribalism characterized how providers and staff perceived and recreated interprofessional dynamics. This study contributes to existing work on tribalism in health care by looking at factors that impact perceptions of "us vs. them" and ways tribalism was manifested in the day-to-day practice of team-based care.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Tribalism in a Pediatric Emergency Department
- Creators
- Elissa Z. Faro - Albert Einstein College of MedicineLaurie J. Bauman - Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Human organization, Vol.79(1), pp.24-32
- Publisher
- Soc Applied Anthropology
- DOI
- 10.17730/0018-7259.79.1.24
- ISSN
- 0018-7259
- eISSN
- 1938-3525
- Number of pages
- 9
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/2020
- Academic Unit
- General Internal Medicine; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984359822202771
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