Community orientation and the strategic posture of hospitals.
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.
Ginn
Gregory O
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Department of Health Care Administration and Policy at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA.
Shen
Jay J
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Moseley
Charles B
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D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003625:Data Collection; D006761:Hospitals; D014481:United States