Motivating process compliance through individual electronic monitoring: An empirical examination of hand hygiene in healthcare

Management Science

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1563-1585

  Staats, Bradley R ^a   Dai, Hengchen ^b   Hofmann, David ^a   Milkman, Katherine L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic monitoring; Empirical operations; Hand washing; Process compliance

Indexed keywords

E-LEARNING; HEALTH CARE; MONITORING; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

ELECTRONIC MONITORING; EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION; EMPIRICAL OPERATIONS; HAND WASHING; INDIVIDUAL MONITORING; PERFORMANCE BENEFITS;

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

EID: 85018789775     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2015.2400     Document Type: Article

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