Antecedents and Outcomes of Physician Coworker Conflict: A Differential Occupational Model for Health Care Managers

These observed differential effects in our results suggest that managers should carefully consider the needs of different occupational groups separately when designing and implementing interventions to prevent and ameliorate physician conflict. In short, the antecedents and outcomes of physician conflict are different for office/clerical, nurses, professional/technical employees, and management groups and therefore require different solutions. In short, it behooves health care organizations to avoid a one size fits all approach to improving workplace relationships.