The effectiveness of management-by-walking-around: A randomized field study

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 253-271

  Tucker, Anita L ^a   Singer, Sara J ^b  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

health care; implementation research; patient safety; quality improvement; survey research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923013942     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: 19375956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/poms.12226     Document Type: Article

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