Patient satisfaction, managers' climate orientation and organizational climate

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 224-250

  Ancarani, Alessandro ^a   Di Mauro, Carmela ^a   Giammanco, Maria D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Health care; Hospitals; Italy; Managers; Organisational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951533834     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443571111111900     Document Type: Article

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