From strategy to action: How top managers' support increases middle managers' commitment to innovation implementation in health care organizations

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 159-168

  Birken, Sarah A ^a   Lee, Shoou Yih Daniel ^b   Weiner, Bryan J ^c   Chin, Marshall H ^d   Chiu, Michael ^e   Schaefer, Cynthia T ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e Pharmaceutical Product Development   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

implementation effectiveness; innovation; middle managers; quality of care; top managers

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH FACILITY ADMINISTRATORS; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925970391     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: 15505030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HMR.0000000000000018     Document Type: Article

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