Title

Community Orientation and the Strategic Posture of Hospitals

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2009

Publication Title

Hospital Topics

Volume

87

Issue

3

First page number:

11

Last page number:

17

Abstract

The authors used a panel study to analyze the role of mimetic isomorphism in determining the strategic posture of hospitals as measured by their community orientation. They divided the sample into 3 groups ranging from most isomorphic to least isomorphic with regard to the dependent variables of community-orientation activities and health-promotion programs. Over time, the most isomorphic group of hospitals scored significantly higher on both dependent variables.

Keywords

Community orientation; Hospital and community; Hospitals; Hospitals – Health promotion services; Isomorphism

Disciplines

Civic and Community Engagement | Public Health | Public Health Education and Promotion

Language

English

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