Managed care personalities. Physician adjustment to the staff model HMO. The role of personality & development assessment.

Managed health care in HMOs represents an innovation for which many physicians have not had preparation to assist adjustment. Successful adjustment in the HMO draws from organizational and individual variables; the former to promote enculteration, the latter to foster a "good fit." Individual factors include the physician's personality and stage of life. This article delineates roles of individual and organizational factors and develops the former with the use of psychological methods to assist the transitioning physician during the orientation period.