Competing forms of fit in a professional bureaucracy: IT management dilemmas

International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 2-4, 2001, Pages 142-159

  Yetton, Philip W ^a   Johnston, Kim D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

General management; hospital management; information technology management; organizational fit; organizational forms; professional bureaucracy; strategic fit

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549045426     PISSN: 13682156     EISSN: 17415144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijhtm.2001.001115     Document Type: Article

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