Mission statements in Canadian not-for-profit hospitals: Does process matter?

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 45-63

  Bart, Christopher K ^a   Tabone, John C ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Can Inst of Chartered Accountants   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corporate vision; Culture; Health care; Hospitals; Mission statements; Not for profit; Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0034011376     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004010-200004000-00005     Document Type: Article

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