Journal of Health Organization and Management: Volume 21 Issue 4/5

Trust, communication, theory of mind and the social brain hypothesis: Deep explanations for what goes wrong in health care

Jeffrey Braithwaite, Rick A. Iedema, Christine Jorm

The purpose of the paper is to examine the deep conceptual underpinnings of trust and communication breakdowns via selected health inquiries into things that go wrong using…

Accountingization, trust and medical dilemmas

Irvine Lapsley

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of accounting on clinical practices.

New workforce roles in health care: Exploring the longer‐term journey of organisational innovations

Jackie Bridges, Louise Fitzgerald, Julienne Meyer

This paper seeks to present findings from a longitudinal action research study aimed at exploring one such innovation. Little is known about the micro‐level impact of health…

Understanding power relationships in health care networks

Rachael Addicott, Ewan Ferlie

The purpose of this paper is to show that networks are emerging as a new, innovative organisational form in the UK public sector. The emergence of more network‐based modes of…

Spanning boundaries in pursuit of effective knowledge sharing within networks in the NHS

Graeme Currie, Rachael Finn, Graham Martin

The purpose of this paper is to examine power asymmetries in the delivery of genetics healthcare that inhibit knowledge sharing across sector, organisational and professional…

Exploring HRD in two Welsh NHS Trusts: Analysing the discursive resources used by senior managers

Sally Sambrook

The purpose of this paper is to examine human resource development (HRD) in the UK National Health Service (NHS), and particularly in two Welsh NHS Trusts, to help illuminate the…

Policy and organizational implications of gender imbalance in the NHS

Karen Miller

The purpose of the paper is to examine the policy and organizational implications of gender imbalance in management, which research suggests exists in the NHS.

Human resource management and performance in healthcare organisations

Claire Harris, Penny Cortvriend, Paula Hyde

The purpose of this paper is to compare the evidence from a range of reviews concerned with the links between human resource management (HRM) and performance. The aim of the paper…

Patient involvement in a professional body: reflections and commentary

Alison Baker

The purpose of this paper is to consider the issues which emerge when an autonomous, professional, member‐led organisation attempts to demonstrate its accountability to patients…

Involving the public in NHS service planning

Silvia Anton, Lorna McKee, Stephen Harrison, Shelley Farrar

The purpose of this paper is to report the findings of a study that examined the development of an assessment framework for public involvement.

Introduction

Louise Fitzgerald, Annabelle Mark, Lorna McKee