Connecting organisational culture and quality of care in the hospital: Is job burnout the missing link?

Journal of Health, Organisation and Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 108-123

  Montgomery, Anthony ^a   Panagopoulou, Efharis ^b   Kehoe, Ian ^c   Valkanos, Efthymios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doctors; Medical care; Organizational culture; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953276777     PISSN: 14777266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777261111116851     Document Type: Article

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