Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine, first, how social capital was crafted and transformed from a theoretical concept to an organizational tool for public sector improvement that was adopted by a Danish region and implemented in all regional hospitals. Second, the paper examines...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to look at the ways in which standardization for patient safety is approached from different positions in the field, namely nurses and managers in a hospital department, the hospital management and standard inventers. We understand safety standardization...

Introduction: Taking Bourdieu further into studies of organizations and management / Sarah Robinson, Jette Ernst, Kristian Larsen, and Ole Jacob Thomassen -- Caught between times : explaining resistance to change through the tale of Don Quixote / Henrik Koll & Jette Ernst -- Recalling or...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of organizational space in attempts at practice redesign and innovation that involve a break with the traditional professional boundaries in a recently established Danish hospital department. Design/methodology/approach Organizational...