Professions and the pursuit of transparency in healthcare: Two cases of soft autonomy

Organization Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 509-527

  Levay, Charlotta ^a,c   Waks, Caroline ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Department of Business Administration ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Audit society; Healthcare services; Professions; Soft autonomy; Soft bureaucracy; Soft regulation; Transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 65949095221     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840609104396     Document Type: Article

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