Diagnosing culture in health-care organizations using critical incidents

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 180-190

  Mallak, Larry A ^a   Lyth, David M ^a   Olson, Suzan D ^a   Ulshafer, Susan M ^b   Sardone, Frank J ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRONSON HEALTHCARE GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate culture; Critical path analysis; Measurement; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644506999     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526860310479668     Document Type: Article

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