Managing cultural diversity in healthcare partnerships: The case of LIFT

Journal of Health, Organisation and Management

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 645-657

  Mannion, Russell ^a   Brown, Sally ^b   Beck, Matthias ^c   Lunt, Neil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

National Health Service; Organizational culture; Partnership; Primary care funding; Public private partnerships; Strategic alliances; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 81055133147     PISSN: 14777266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777261111178538     Document Type: Review

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