Executive management in radical change-The case of the Karolinska University Hospital merger

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-23

  Choi, Soki ^a   Holmberg, Ingalill ^b,e   Löwstedt, Jan ^c,f   Brommels, Mats ^a,d,g  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e Ctr for Adv Studies in Leadership   (Sweden)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Change management; Executive management; Healthcare; Merger; Post merger integration process; Professional organization; Public sector; Radical change; Sweden; University hospital

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951510022     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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