Journal of Health Organization and Management: Volume 23 Issue 1

Emotional labour: clinicians' attitudes to death and dying

Roslyn Sorensen, Rick Iedema

This paper aims to understand the impact of emotional labour in specific health care settings and its potential effect on patient care.

Nurses' shop stewards and their collaboration with management

Anne‐Mette Hjalager, Morten Lassen, Tage Bild

This study investigates the collaboration between Danish nurses' shop stewards and workplace management. The aim of the study is to track changes in workplace climate after a…

The views of physicians and politicians concerning age‐related prioritisation in healthcare

Elisabet Werntoft, Anna‐Karin Edberg

The aim of this study is to describe the view of age‐related prioritisation in health care among physicians and healthcare politicians and to compare their views regarding gender…

The effects of burnout and supervisory social support on the relationship between work‐family conflict and intention to leave: A study of Australian cancer workers

P. Rani Thanacoody, Timothy Bartram, Gian Casimir

The aim of this paper is to examine the effects of burnout and supervisory social support on the relationship between work‐family conflict, and intention to leave of cancer…

Managerial orientation and career success of physicians in hospitals

Antonio Vera, Desdemona Hucke

This article aims to investigate the impact of managerial orientation on the career success of physicians employed in hospitals.

Pharmacy career deciding: making choice a “good fit”

Sarah Caroline Willis, Phillip Shann, Karen Hassell

The purpose of this article is to explore factors influencing career deciding amongst pharmacy students and graduates in the UK.

Developing leadership interventions for Black and minority ethnic staff: A case study of the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK

V.S. Kalra, P. Abel, A. Esmail

The National Health Service (NHS) is the largest employer in the UK but, despite decades of equal opportunities legislation, its senior management workforce does not reflect the…

Clinical microsystems and the NHS: A sustainable method for improvement?

Iestyn Williams, Helen Dickinson, Suzanne Robinson, Clare Allen

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the claims made for the clinical microsystems approach of healthcare improvement within an English NHS context.

Management capacity assessment for national health programs: A study of RCH program in India

K.V. Ramani, Dileep Mavalankar

This paper aims to focus on the management capacity assessment of the Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) program at the state level.