Enacting fit in work organization and occupational structure design: The case of intermediary occupations in a Dutch hospital

Organization Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1083-1114

  van Offenbeek, Marjolein ^a   Sorge, Arndt ^a,b   Knip, Marrig ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contingency theory; Health care; Nurse practitioners; Occupational change; Organization design; Organizational politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449492782     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840609337954     Document Type: Article

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