Knowledge creation in the healthcare sector: a legitimation strategy.
There are two purposes of this study: 1. to examine the legitimacy-gaining model (the relationship between legitimation strategies and legitimacy) in the context of the hospital industry; 2. to explore the influence of the legitimacy-gaining model on the process through which knowledge is created within the hospital industry. This paper proposes a legitimacy-gaining model as the determinant of hospitals' knowledge-creation activities. We further suggest managerial and theoretical implications at the end of this paper.
Yang
Chen-Wei
CW
Department of Information Management, Fooying University, Graduate School of Management, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. weiger789@yahoo.com.tw
Fang
Shih-Chieh
SC
Huang
Wei-Min
WM
D019981:Health Care Sector; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D013624:Taiwan