Organizational culture based on the example of an Estonian hospital

Journal of Health, Organisation and Management

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 526-548

  Saame, Iisi ^a   Reino, Anne ^a   Vadi, Maaja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Competing values framework; Estonia; Hospitals; Organizational culture; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053078967     PISSN: 14777266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777261111161879     Document Type: Article

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