Mobilizing the Logic of Managerialism in Professional Fields: The Case of Academic Health Centre Mergers

Organization Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 391-420

  Kitchener, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic health centres; Change; Institutional theory; Professionals

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141643185     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840602233004     Document Type: Article

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