Looking good or doing better? Patterns of decoupling in the implementation of clinical directorates

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 111-123

  Mascia, Daniele ^a   Morandi, Federica ^a   Cicchetti, Americo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

clinical directorates; decoupling; hospital organizations; institutionalism; organizational change

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; LAW; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

HOSPITAL RESTRUCTURING; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ITALY; LEGISLATION, HOSPITAL; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84896403335     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: 15505030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HMR.0b013e318286095c     Document Type: Article

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