Journal of Health Organization and Management: Volume 27 Issue 2

Understanding the work done by NHS commissioning managers: An exploration of the microprocesses underlying day‐to‐day sensemaking in UK primary care organisations

Kath Checkland, Stephen Harrison, Stephanie Snow, Anna Coleman, Imelda McDermott

The purpose of this paper is to explore the practical daily work undertaken by middle‐level managers in Primary Care Trusts (PCTs), focusing upon the micro‐processes by which…

Senior management leadership, social support, job design and stressor‐to‐strain relationships in hospital practice

Sandra C. Buttigieg, Michael A. West

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of the quality of senior management leadership on social support and job design, whose main effects on strains, and moderating…

Towards a new paradigm in health research and practice?: Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care

Graham P. Martin, Sarah McNicol, Sarah Chew

Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRCs) are a new UK initiative to promote collaboration between universities and healthcare organisations in…

Framing quality improvement tools and techniques in healthcare: The case of Improvement Leaders' Guides

Ross Millar

The purpose of this paper is to present a study of how quality improvement tools and techniques are framed within healthcare settings.

Towards sustainable structures for neighbourhood development?: Healthy city research in four Swedish municipalities 2003‐2009

Karin Fröding, Jonny Geidne, Ingemar Elander, Charli Eriksson

A vehicle to reduce health inequalities and improve public health has been provided by programmes at a neighbourhood level. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the development…

Multi‐criteria development and incorporation into decision tools for health technology adoption

Paule Poulin, Lea Austen, Catherine M. Scott, Cameron D. Waddell, Elijah Dixon, Michelle Poulin, René Lafrenière

When introducing new health technologies, decision makers must integrate research evidence with local operational management information to guide decisions about whether and under…

Intrinsic motivation: how can it play a pivotal role in changing clinician behaviour?

Yogarabindranath Swarna Nantha

In the light of an increasing healthcare burden, this paper seeks to offer insight about how intrinsic motivation could play a pivotal role in improving the pre‐existing…

Recognizing junior doctors' potential contribution to patient safety and health care quality improvement

Joseph Elias Ibrahim, Shelley Jeffcott, Marie‐Claire Davis, Liam Chadwick

The purpose of this paper is to re‐frame perceptions surrounding junior doctors' capacity to contribute to patient safety and quality improvement.