Culture, the built environment and healthcare organizational performance

Managing Service Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-38

  Mallak, Larry A ^a   Lyth, David M ^a   Olson, Suzan D ^a   Ulshafer, Susan M ^b   Sardone, Frank J ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRONSON HEALTHCARE GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Environment; Health care; Measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986078125     PISSN: 09604529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09604520310456690     Document Type: Article

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