... in health care in Sweden who described their roles in between the governance and advocacy pressures from below. It focuses on how cost savings and downsizing influence the position of middle managers in the organisation, in order to identify coping strategies. Middle managers are a neglected...

...Solomon Bediako This study was designed to determine the impact of downsizing on the quality of work life for the nursing staff of community health‐care service organizations. Its objectives were to: identify the perceived impact of downsizing on the quality of their work life; determine...

...Terry H. Wagar; Kent V. Rondeau In recent years, health care in Canada as elsewhere has witnessed unprecedented restructuring and reorganization. Concurrent with the massive restructuring of health care systems, many health care organizations have dramatically downsized their workforces by shedding...