What health care managers do: Applying Mintzberg's structured observation method

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 718-729

  Arman, Rebecka ^a,c   Dellve, Lotta ^b   WikstrÖm, Ewa ^a   TÖrnstrÖm, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health care managers; Leadership and observational studies; Managerial work; Nurse managers; Time use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; OBSERVATION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SWEDEN; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; OBSERVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCHER-SUBJECT RELATIONS; SWEDEN; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 68949116422     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2009.01016.x     Document Type: Article

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