Mission statement perception: Are we all on the same wavelength? A case study in a Flemish hospital

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-87

  Desmidt, Sebastian ^a   Heene, Aimé ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Competing values framework; Hospital; Mission statement; Nurses; Perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE MANAGER; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 33846442810     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004010-200701000-00010     Document Type: Article

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