Performance Effects of Physicians’ Involvement in Hospital Strategic Decisions

Journal of Service Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 361-372

  Goldstein, Susan Meyer ^a   Ward, Peter T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

employee development; infrastructure; operations proactiveness; operations strategy; ospitals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990378636     PISSN: 10946705     EISSN: 15527379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094670503262953     Document Type: Article

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