Purpose As a discipline, health organisation and management is focused on health-specific,
collective behaviours and activities, whose empirical and theoretical scholarship remains …

This study examined why breakthroughs in scientific and technological knowledge may fail
to be translated into medical practice. In addition, it supported previous research that has …

Interdisciplinary team working in primary care is a key policy goal across healthcare
jurisdictions. The National Primary Care Strategy (2001) in Ireland is a top down policy for …

As health systems practitioners and researchers increasingly turn towards systems thinking
approaches and work on building interorganisational networks, they have demonstrated …

Institutional entrepreneurs are vital for facilitating non-incremental health policy change in
complex institutional settings where established traditions and practices carry considerable …

At the time of publication, Andrew Pettigrew and colleagues' book received wide acclaim as
a balanced and rich contribution to the study of strategic change. Eighteen years since …

In response to well-documented pressures on healthcare systems, many countries have
explored new 'integrated'models for the provision of health and care. However, integration …

Objectives Social network analysis focuses on the relationships between people and
structures that form through their interactions. Research in the field has shown that people …

Introduction Academic medical centres (AMCs) are designed to perform multiple tasks within
a single organisation. This institutional complexity gives rise to intricate governance …

Public sector organizations continue to re-organize in response to reform imperatives but
are they more innovative when they transform to market or customer orientations? This …