Power at work: navigating hierarchies, teamwork and webs.
I explore tensions between the dynamics observed during a shadowing experience in a clinic and a hospital and theories of power and organizations. Commenting on what the tensions reveal about "power at work" (in the dual sense of how power works and power in the workplace), I suggest that some of the most gratifying experiences of workplace collaboration for healthcare professionals may occur as a result of their having successfully navigated complex coalitions of hierarchies, teams and webs rather than dutifully adhering to any single organizational structure.
DiPalma
Carolyn
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Department of Women's Studies, University of South Florida, 4200 E. Fowler Ave, FAO153, Tampa, Florida, 33620, USA. cdipalma@cas.usf.edu
D006282:Health Personnel / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011209:Power, Psychological; D017749:Total Quality Management