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The importance of organizational culture on development activities in a primary health care organization
Author(s) -
Kinnunen Juha
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
the international journal of health planning and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1099-1751
pISSN - 0749-6753
DOI - 10.1002/hpm.4740050109
Subject(s) - organizational culture , health care , psychology , primary care , nursing , organization development , public relations , sociology , social psychology , political science , medicine , family medicine , law
The aim of this article is to examine, by means of an empirical study, the: a) relationship between formal and cultural structures; b) similarities and differences between professional subcultures (medical, nursing and managerial); and, c) the effects of the social assumptions of the work teams on development activities in one large primary health care organization. The results show that different professional groups have created quite different sets of social values, norms and assumptions, which have significant consequences, both for patient care and organizational performance.