The relationship between organizational culture and performance in acute hospitals

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 115-125

  Jacobs, Rowena ^a   Mannion, Russell ^b   Davies, Huw T O ^c   Harrison, Stephen ^d   Konteh, Fred ^e   Walshe, Kieran ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competing Values Framework; English NHS hospital Trusts; Hospital performance; Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; COMPETING VALUES FRAMEWORK; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL POLICY; HOSPITAL RUNNING COST; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEGLIGENCE; ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; TEAMWORK; UNITED KINGDOM;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT TEAMS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84870940945     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.10.014     Document Type: Article

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