A5006808582- Management and Organizational Studies
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
- Healthcare Quality and Management
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Family Business Performance and Succession
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Public Policy and Administration Research
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Healthcare innovation and challenges
- Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
- Radioactivity and Radon Measurements
- Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
- Social Work Education and Practice
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
- Gender Diversity and Inequality
- Corporate Identity and Reputation
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Risk Perception and Management
- Management Theory and Practice
- COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing
University of Ottawa
2015-2024
Wilfrid Laurier University
2015-2024
Ottawa University
2007-2024
University of Lethbridge
2000-2016
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
2014
Ottawa Hospital
2014
University of Victoria
2010
University of Alberta
2007
Research on roles and identities generally represents a micro perspective that does not account for the reconstruction of professional role identity, owing to insufficient attention institutional forces. We trace influences identity extend theory by building bridges across institutional, organizational, individual levels analysis. Findings indicate agentic is enabled constrained an environment provides interpretive, legitimating, material resources professionals adopt adapt. Institutional...
abstract This paper focuses on how continuity and change are managed discursively in narrative texts of organizational identity thus helps move forward the discussion about persistence identity. The study reports content, context authorial elements evolving composed by a Canadian bank's senior managers. analysis indicates that discursive strategies employed authors to establish confluence (or simultaneous change) include selective reporting from past, present future, juxtaposition ‘modern...
The move towards enhancing teamwork and interprofessional collaboration in health care raises issues regarding the management of professional boundaries relationship among providers. This qualitative study explores how roles are constructed within teams. It focuses on elucidating different types role boundaries, influences construction implications for professionals patients. A comparative case was conducted to examine dynamics two primary data collection included interviews non-participant...
Abstract Despite decades of research, the key factors for success in mergers and acquisitions (M&As) reasons why M&As often fail remain poorly understood. While attempts to explain M&A failure have traditionally focused on strategic financial factors, an emergent field inquiry has been directed at sociocultural human resources issues involved integration acquired or merging firms. This research sought performance underperformance terms impact that variables such as cultural fit,...
We examine how professions responded to a potential change in jurisdictional boundaries by analyzing the written submissions of five professional associations reaction government proposal strengthen interprofessional collaboration, relating these responses professions’ field positions. identify four foci for framing used discursively develop their boundary claims: (1) issue collaboration (issue framing), (2) justifications favored solutions (justifying), (3) profession’s own identity...
Abstract We develop an activity‐focused process model of how new ideas can be transformed into front line practice by reviving attention to the importance habitualization as a key component institutionalization. In contrast established models that explain diffuse or spread from one organization another, we employ micro‐level perspective study subsequent intra‐organizational processes through which these are workplace practices. followed efforts transform organizationally accepted idea...
Disappointed by the lack of consistent and robust findings, scholars suspect that problems may be related to our research methods have frequently called for longitudinal, clinical, psychometric studies succession. This article compares findings from one such study with representative in literature. Examining operationalization key variables used succession antecedents, processes, organizational consequences, it reveals possible reasons disappointing results suggests ways strengthening those...
This article argues that the concept of organizational identification can provide new and valuable insights into dynamics change its management. It introduces notion shift in identification, which consists dis- re-identification states members experience during change, proposes a framework for study communication-based influence strategies used by management to induce such shifts. The confluence, involves providing some sense self-consistency change. Two empirical examples illustrating are...
This paper proposes that the notions of frame and appropriation are useful tools for study control in organizations, as well analysis connection between micro-level discursive activities wider discourses enable constrain such activities. To date, most studies framing have proceeded independently each other. An empirical bank employees' accounts their responses to two different changes introduced by management indicates employees part according individual capabilities experiences; employee...
Background: Integration of services across disciplines and organizations has been pursued increasingly in the primary care sector. Successful integration requires adept leadership change. There have questions about extent to which studies on change agency that focus a stand-alone leader are applicable complex setting health care. It suggested model collective is more appropriate this setting. Purpose: The objective understand dynamics or distributed by attending roles context involving...
This paper proposes that boundary work is inherent to leadership practices in healthcare settings, and explores this phenomenon interprofessional teams. Specifically, the study focuses on leading through across boundaries four teams operating area of mental health services. We give special consideration specific contexts these teams, address are constructed managed interactions. Our qualitative revealed can be exercised by different members at levels within it involves managing between (a)...
This article draws on distributed leadership and leadership-as-practice perspectives to report a comparative case analysis of configurations. The context acquisitions is used in the study. Attention given practices members two teams – one from each acquiring acquired organizations as they attempted integrate their redistribute roles. findings show that, despite expectations that would be achieved, emergent configurations varied across firms consisted leadership, leaderlessness, overlapping...
Introduction Practitioners frequently encounter safety problems that they themselves can resolve on the spot. We ask: when faced with such a problem, do practitioners fix it in moment and forget about it, or report it? consider factors underlying these two approaches. Methods used qualitative case study design employing in-depth interviews 40 healthcare tertiary care hospital Ontario, Canada. conducted thematic analysis, compared findings literature. Results ‘Fixing forgetting’ was main...
We studied an interprofessional collaboration to understand how professionals engaged with paradox in collective decision-making. At the beginning of our study, we observed vicious cycles which conflict led negative tension. Professionals were holding tightly a particular pole paradox, and higher-status was consistently overrepresented By end study presence virtuous cycles, where more positive tension, decision-making equal representation conflicting approaches. call this change process...
Voluntary reporting of incidents is a common approach for improving patient safety. Reporting behaviors may vary because different frames within and across professions, where are templates that individuals hold guide interpretation events. Our objectives were to investigate physicians nurses who report into voluntary incident system as well understand enablers inhibitors self-reporting peer reporting.This qualitative case study-confidential in-depth interviews with in General Internal...
This paper presents the findings from a qualitative study on extent to which three dimensions of proximity – geographic, cognitive, and organisational impact knowledge transfer innovation post-merger acquisition (M&A). Findings show that elements substantially influence both although nature varies is influenced by type management interventions or lack thereof post-M&A.
Abstract Rationale, aims and objectives Double checking is a standard practice in many areas of health care, notwithstanding the lack evidence supporting its efficacy. We ask this study: ‘How do front line practitioners conceptualize double checking? What are weaknesses alternate views could render it more robust process?’ Method This part larger qualitative study based on 85 semi‐structured interviews care general internal medicine obstetrics neonatology; thematic analysis transcribed was...
This study uses a discursive perspective to analyze the way in which top managers legitimize change official announcements. It focuses on foundations of legitimacy invoked using both Weber's typology, based modes authority, and conventionalist model, stressing constitutive frameworks that justify collective action. We use narrative approach examine four texts intended for employees context mergers‐acquisitions Canadian financial services sector. look at those announcements as wedding...
Using a narrative approach, this study analyzes interpretations of organizational identity that emerged among members autonomous groups brought together as result double acquisition. Comparative analysis first set interviews indicates divergent narratives in two divisions established after the Members' meaning construction related to focused on such alternative themes enhancement or threat, stability ambiguity, and continuity discontinuity. Differences were influenced by (a) social context...
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine: the content radical change by mapping differences between two templates for organizing delivery healthcare; enabling and constraining mechanisms underlying major from one template another; processes implicated in implementation. Design/methodology/approach Longitudinal, qualitative case study design allowed tracking, over a four‐year period, transformation healthcare service community provider‐centered, fragmented patient‐centered, integrated...
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to build understanding the concept social enterprise in marketing community and report on empirical research designed develop an perceptions practices within enterprises. This addresses a significant gap current literature base also provides insights for marketers seeking pursue change initiatives through enterprise. Design/methodology/approach investigation uses qualitative 15 enterprises informed by grounded theory approach. Researchers conducted...
Recent literature has been critical of research that adopts a narrow focus on single leaders and leadership attributes called for attention to is distributed among individuals practices in which engage. We conducted study health care teams where we attended role distribution constellation members loose or tight coupling between the remainder team. This provides insights into how can be practiced structured enhance team functioning.A qualitative, multicase four was conducted. Data collection...