Ten years after: Interference of hospital slack in process performance benefits of quality practices

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 44-54

  Goldstein, Susan Meyer ^a   Iossifova, Albena R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care industry; Organizational slack; Quality management; Regression

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL RESOURCES; HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY; IN-PROCESS; LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE; MEDICAL CONDITIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL SLACK; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; QUALITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; QUALITY PRACTICE; REGRESSION;

FORECASTING; MANAGEMENT; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

HOSPITALS;

EID: 84857372518     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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