ALIGNING INCENTIVES AND MOTIVATIONS IN HEALTH CARE: THE CASE OF EARNED AUTONOMY

Financial Accountability and Management

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 401-420

  Mannion, Russell ^a   Goddard, Maria ^a   Bate, Angela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

autonomy; hospitals; incentives; motivations

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053500975     PISSN: 02674424     EISSN: 14680408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0408.2007.00435.x     Document Type: Article

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