title: Community orientation and the strategic posture of hospitals.
abstract: The authors used a panel study to analyze the role of mimetic isomorphism in determining the strategic posture of hospitals as measured by their community orientation. They divided the sample into 3 groups ranging from most isomorphic to least isomorphic with regard to the dependent variables of community-orientation activities and health-promotion programs. Over time, the most isomorphic group of hospitals scored significantly higher on both dependent variables.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Care Administration and Policy at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA.
authors.forename: Gregory O
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Ginn
authors.forename: Jay J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Charles B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Moseley
mesh_terms: D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003625:Data Collection; D006761:Hospitals; D014481:United States