From Patient Surveys to Organizational Change: Rational Change Processes and Institutional Forces

Journal of Change Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 179-205

  Nielsen, Jørn Flohr ^a   Riiskjær, Erik ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Central Denmark Region ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

health care management; institutional theory; Legitimacy; organization development and change; patient surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878660344     PISSN: 14697017     EISSN: 14791811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14697017.2012.745584     Document Type: Article

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