Management in hospitals: A career track and a career trap a comparison of physicians and nurses in norway

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 379-394

  Berg, Laila Nordstrand ^a   Byrkjeflot, Haldor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hospitals; Management; Norway; Nurses; Physicians; Reforms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926457354     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJPSM-11-2012-0160     Document Type: Article

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