Organisational culture and post-merger integration in an academic health centre: A mixed-methods study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ovseiko, Pavel V ^a   Melham, Karen ^a   Fowler, Jan ^b   Buchan, Alastair M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic Health Centre (AHC); Academic Clinical Collaboration; Competing Values Framework (CVF); Organisational culture; Patient care; Post merger integration; Research and innovation; Strategic partnership; Teaching; University Hospital

Indexed keywords

COOPERATION; ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ENGLAND; HEALTH FACILITY MERGER; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84928016491     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-014-0673-3     Document Type: Article

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