.... This study moves “beyond” the gap and investigates processes of distancing in-depth. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Management theory Distances Healthcare governance Organizational ethnography Dichotomous “gap” thinking Creating proximity This paper proceeds in eight sections...

... Methodology Management theory Hospitals are subject to reform and ongoing change as funding and government bodies seek better value from health funds, and as consumer expectations rise (Joiner et al., 2011). Hospital leaders are being challenged to become more consumer-oriented, more...

... by highlighting how management literature on knowledge and learning theories might inform health services research on knowledge translation. Eivor Oborn can be contacted at: eivor.oborn@rhul.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Knowledge sharing Literature Implementation Management...

... Health services sector Management theory The NHS is a highly complex organization providing socially essential services and as such presents a great management challenge, particularly with the ever increasing need to ensure its efficiency and effectiveness. Its complexity demands a range...

... services Management theory © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Hersey et al. (2001) states that leaders who understand and know how to use power are more effective than those who do not or will not use power. Sheldon and Parker (1997) argue that understanding power...

... analysis of the problems within such situations and a guiding moral imperative for action to change things. It is argued here that critical realism provides a framework for management theory and practice which is rationally coherent and is simultaneously ethically grounded. The result is that MacIntyre’s...