The Role of Stories and Storytelling in Organisational Change Efforts: A Field Study of an Emerging "community of practice" within the UK National Health Service

Narrative Research in Health and Illness

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 325-348

  Bate, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community; Contestation; Healthcare; Politicised affairs; Storytelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948756774     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470755167.ch20     Document Type: Chapter

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