Framing Performance Management of Acute-Care Hospitals by Interlacing NPM and Institutional Perspectives: A New Theoretical Framework

Financial Accountability and Management

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 69-91

  Kelly, Rosemarie ^a   Doyle, Gerardine ^b   O'Donohoe, Sheila ^a  

^a South East Technological University   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Hospitals; Institutional theory; NPM; Performance management; Theoretical framework

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953719643     PISSN: 02674424     EISSN: 14680408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/faam.12047     Document Type: Article

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