Combating infections at Maine Medical Center: Insights into complexity-informed leadership from positive deviance

Leadership

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 229-253

  Lindberg, Curt ^a   Schneider, Marguerite ^b  

^a Complexity Partners ^*  (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity theory; healthcare management; MRSA infection; organizational change; organizational leadership; positive deviance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878055523     PISSN: 17427150     EISSN: 17427169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742715012468784     Document Type: Article

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