When two healt care organizations are merged into one - staff attitudes in a change process
By: SALMELA, Susane
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Contributor(s): FAGERSTRÖM, Lisbeth.
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ArticlePublisher: Philadelphia : Routledge, ago./set. 2008International Journal of Public Administration - IJPA 31, 10-11, p. 1380-1402Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate staff attitudes towards the merger of a primary health care facility and a general hospital in the Province of West Finland. The questionnaire was answered by 597 (68.8%) employees. The majority of the respondents are ready to carry the merger through, but the vision is not clear enough. T-test indicates significant differences between the staffs in the two organizations. However, the manager's responsibility in a change process is to focus on the dialogue between the staffs as well as to anchor the vision for the future possibilities of development.
The purpose of this study was to investigate staff attitudes towards the merger of a primary health care facility and a general hospital in the Province of West Finland. The questionnaire was answered by 597 (68.8%) employees. The majority of the respondents are ready to carry the merger through, but the vision is not clear enough. T-test indicates significant differences between the staffs in the two organizations. However, the manager's responsibility in a change process is to focus on the dialogue between the staffs as well as to anchor the vision for the future possibilities of development.
Volume 31
Numbers 10-11
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