Purpose: Healthcare systems are under pressure to improve their performance, while at the same time facing severe resource constraints, particularly workforce shortages. By applying resource-dependency-theory (RDT), we explore how healthcare organizations in different settings perceive pressure...

Purpose – Hospital managers are confronted with decisions that have to account for multiple objectives, which may be in conflict with regard to efficiency and quality of care. In empirical studies occupancy and staffing ratios as well as in‐hospital mortality are frequently used measures for...

Purpose – This article aims to investigate the impact of managerial orientation on the career success of physicians employed in hospitals. Design/methodology/approach – The authors collected data between August and October 2006 using a written questionnaire that was sent to all 278...