title: Shared governance: innovation or imitation?
abstract: Is nursing shared governance an innovation or merely an imitation of other organizational governances? A simple determination is confused by the euphemisms applied to similar governance forms and the simultaneous occurrence of related concepts like participation and decentralization. In the absence of a common model, anecdotal literature suggests that the implementation of shared governance in specific hospitals contributes to further innovation in governance.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Hess
mesh_terms: D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*