Journal of Health Organization and Management: Volume 22 Issue 2

Re‐connecting histories: modernity, managerialism and development

Sadhvi Dar

The aim of the paper is to connect the field of health management to other related academic discourses (critical management studies and critical development studies) that can…

The dynamics of commissioning across organisational and clinical boundaries

Kate Baxter, Marjorie Weiss, Julian Le Grand

The purpose of the paper is to investigate the inter‐ and intra‐organisational relationships in the commissioning of secondary care by primary care trusts in England, using a…

Innovative health care delivery teams: Learning to be a team player is as important as learning other specialised skills

Anneke Fitzgerald, Graydon Davison

The purpose of the paper is to show that free flowing teamwork depends on at least three aspects of team life: functional diversity, social cohesion and superordinate identity.

Models of governance and the changing role of the board in the “modernised” UK health sector

Rachael Addicott

The aim of this paper is to show that there has been an increasing focus on networks as a model of service delivery and governance in the UK public sector. As an early example…

Aggression in the workplace: A study of horizontal violence utilising Heideggerian hermeneutic phenomenology

Barbara Corney

The aim of this paper is to highlight the problem of bullying within nursing.

Positivity in healthcare: relation of optimism to performance

Kyle W. Luthans, Sandra A. Lebsack, Richard R. Lebsack

The purpose of this paper is to explore the linkage between nurses' levels of optimism and performance outcomes.

Writing a scientific publication for a management journal

John Øvretveit

The aim of this paper is to stimulate debate about criteria for assessing the scientific contribution of a piece of management research and to guide and encourage researchers in…