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Distributed leadership to mobilise capacity for accreditation research
Greenfield, David; Braithwaite, Jeffrey; Pawsey, Marjorie; … - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 23 (2009) 2, pp. 255-267
occur easily as there are many stakeholders. Leadership is necessary to unite differences into a common goal. The lessons … learned and principles arising from the experience of providing distributed leadership to mobilise capacity for quality and … collected using in‐depth informal interviews with key informants and ethno‐document analysis. Findings – Distributed leadership …
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Configurations of leadership practices in hospital units
Meier, Ninna - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 29 (2015) 7, pp. 1115-1130
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how leadership is practiced across four different hospital units … – Comparing leadership as configurations of practices across four different clinical settings, the author shows how flexible and … often shared leadership practices were embedded in and central to the core clinical work in all units studied here …
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Engaging junior doctors: evidence from “open spaces” in England
McWilliams, Claire; Manochin, Melina M. - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 27 (2013) 4, pp. 520-526
Purpose – This paper aims to report on a project undertaken in order to identify, develop and reflect on the leadership … of the learning session was the introduction of the notion of competent medical leadership in the NHS. A leadership role … invited to consider the importance of leadership in their everyday roles. An awareness of the Medical Leadership Competency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014872763
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Different timetables for change: understanding processes in reorganizations : A qualitative study in a psychiatric sector in Sweden
Bergin, Elsmari; Helge Rønnestad, Michael - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 19 (2005) 4/5, pp. 355-377
Purpose – It is well‐known that a decrease in economic resources in health care results in increased workload, stress and pressure on personnel. The main aim of this study was to explore and understand how personnel in health care were influenced by multiple obligations in the context of a...
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The ethics of data collection: unintended consequences?
Wainwright, Delia; Sambrook, Sally - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 24 (2010) 3, pp. 277-287
Purpose – The aims is to consider the political and ethical challenges involved in conducting ethnographic managerial/organisational behaviour research within the highly regulated health and social care context, in light of the emergence of more stringent “ethical approval” policies and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014872183
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Managerialism and professional strategies: a case from nurses in Portugal
Carvalho, Teresa - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 26 (2012) 4, pp. 524-541
Purpose – There have been profound changes in the Portuguese national health system (NHS), instigated under the influence of managerialism and the new public management (NPM) “philosophy”. These changes have been in line with what has happened in other developed countries. At the beginning...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014872273
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Members' sensemaking in a multi‐professional team
Rovio‐Johansson, Airi; Liff, Roy - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 26 (2012) 5, pp. 605-620
Purpose – The aim of this study is to investigate sensemaking as interaction among team members in a multi‐professional team setting in a new public management context at a Swedish Child and Youth Psychiatric Unit. Design/methodology/approach – A discursive pragmatic approach grounded in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014872277
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How hospitalists work to pull healthcare teams together
Chesluk, Benjamin; Bernabeo, Elizabeth; Reddy, Siddharta; … - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 29 (2015) 7, pp. 933-947
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to document everyday practices by which hospitalist physicians negotiate barriers to effective teamwork. Design/methodology/approach – Ethnographic observation with a sample of hospitalists chosen to represent a range of hospital and practice types....
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The rules of engagement: physician engagement strategies in intergroup contexts
A. Kreindler, Sara; K. Larson, Bridget; M. Wu, Frances; … - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 28 (2014) 1, pp. 41-61
Purpose – Recognition of the importance and difficulty of engaging physicians in organisational change has sparked an explosion of literature. The social identity approach, by considering engagement in terms of underlying group identifications and intergroup dynamics, may provide a framework...
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Social interaction in management group meetings: a case study of Finnish hospital
Laapotti, Tomi; Mikkola, Leena - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 30 (2016) 4, pp. 613-629
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand the role of management group meetings (MGMs) in hospital organization by examining the social interaction in these meetings. Design/methodology/approach – This case study approaches social interaction from a structuration point of view....
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