Available Online: http://scholarsmepub.com/sjbms/ 1085 Saudi Journal of Business and Management Studies (SJBMS) ISSN 2415-6663 (Print) Scholars Middle East Publishers ISSN 2415-6671 (Online) Dubai, United Arab Emirates Website: http://scholarsmepub.com/ Factors and Demographic Variables Influencing Team Climate Inventory: Applied in Primary Health Care in Saudi Arabia Dr. Musrrat Parveen Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics & Administration Department of Human Resource Management, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia *Corresponding author Dr. Musrrat Parveen Article History Received: 03.09.2018 Accepted: 15.09.2018 Published: 30.09.2018 DOI: 10.21276/sjbms.2018.3.9.13 Abstract: This research paper aims to identify the highest factor influencing the team climate inventory and explore how demographic variables (individual‘s gender, age, working experience, and Professional role which includes (Nurse, General Practitioner, Specialist Nurse, Health visitor, Hospital Manger and other allied health professionals), were significantly influencing the factors of team climate inventory. And secondly, want to investigate whether Team climate is superior in smaller teams than in bigger teams. The TCI is based on a four-factor theory of team climate for innovation. The sample would consist of a random sample of 250 health care employees including doctors, nurses, Specialist Nurses (SN), Hospital manager (HM), General Practitioner (GP), pharmacists and allied health personnel working in primary health care setting in Saudi Arabia. To assess the reliability of the TCI in healthcare teams, we calculated the internal homogeneity by calculating Cronbach‘s alpha coefficients for the scales emerging from the factor analyses. Table 4 shows One Sample t-test which was performed to determine whether differences exist between the sample mean and the population mean (that is, 2.5) and finally Table 5 shows that Multivariate analysis of Variance (MANOVA) tests confirm significant factors influencing team climate inventory in terms of gender, age, professional title, working experience in hospital, years of experience in the team, no. of people working in your team, team of doctors and nurses. Overall, the findings from the Table 5 shows that some demographic variables (Gender, Age, Professional title, working experience in hospital, years of experience in team, Number of people working in the team, number of nurses in a team related with primary health care settings) have significant effects on participation in the team, support for new ideas and innovation, vision and team objectives, commitment to excellence and task orientation and social relationships in the team. Table-5 shows that Multivariate analysis of Variance (MANOVA) tests confirm significant differences in the factors of team climate inventory in terms of demographic variables. The findings of this study would be expected to highlight the main features of the existing scenario in the primary health care in Saudi Arabia as far as the impact of team climate is concerned, as well as the consequences of their ineffectiveness and inefficiency in terms of team effectiveness. The proposed recommendations would hopefully address these main issues, thus resulting in improved quality of health care in Saudi Arabia. This is important because what is at stake is the health of both the citizens of this country, as well as expatriates who form a sizable portion of its productive workforce. Keywords: General Practitioner, Hospital manager, Cronbach‘s alpha coefficients. INTRODUCTION Recently, the concepts of innovation and creativity have attracted increased attention from both academicians and practitioners. A reason for this interest is that contemporary organizations operate in rapidly changing, competitive, and turbulent environments requiring continuous renewal and adaptability. Hence, the quest for creativity and innovation in products, services, systems, and work processes has increasingly been recognized as a key factor to long-term organizational survival and success [1, 2]. Team functioning is determined not only by structural determinants such as workload, team size or team composition, but also by team processes. There is a large body of research on the relationship between team processes and team effectiveness, which shows that a team climate in which team members are encouraged to develop and implement new ideas can lead to better healthcare and healthcare outcomes. There is evidence [3] that successful teamwork is associated with effective and innovative healthcare delivery. A team is usually described as a group that shares a common purpose and a common goal [4]. Poulton and West [5] consider that the presence and clarity of shared