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EJCCM - CFP: Management of Culture and Cultural Change in Healthcare Organizations

  • 1.  EJCCM - CFP: Management of Culture and Cultural Change in Healthcare Organizations

    Posted 06-03-2011 05:12

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    Dear colleagues:

    I am pleased to inform you about a CALL FOR PAPERS for a special issue to be published in the European Journal of Cross-Cultural Competence and Management (EJCCM):


    Management of Culture and Cultural Change in Healthcare Organizations


    Guest-editors:

    S. Robert Hernandez (hernande@uab.edu)

    Richard M Shewchuk (shewchuk@uab.edu)


    Official website of this special issue:

    http://www.inderscience.com/browse/callpaper.php?callID=1652



    Organizational culture plays a vital role in influencing the performance of healthcare organizations. Various actions and symbols define and reinforce the cultural beliefs and values that are associated with organizational performance. The cultures of highly effective organizations tend to promote employee emotional well-being, morale, productivity, and commitment. Conversely, the cultures in other, less-effective organizations often engender just the opposite.  Conceptual and empirical work is needed to understand how cultural phenomena influence quality and effectiveness in healthcare organizations, broadly defined. Examples of questions that could be addressed in the proposed special issue include:

    - What changes have occurred in the values and assumptions of healthcare providers and organizations in Eastern Europe as their economic systems have evolved toward market driven economies?

    - How do healthcare organizations adapt to the cultural changes brought by enforcement of EU human resource management rules that contradict with traditional organizational practices within their countries?

    - To what extent can management develop interventions to reinforce the ?safety culture? when that culture may clash with the culture currently in today?s complex healthcare delivery systems?

    - Can a healthcare organization develop a safety culture which has an atmosphere of mutual trust where members talk freely about safety problems without fear of blame or punishment while operating under Red Rules, rules that cannot be broken without serious disciplinary action?

    - Can healthcare organizations develop cultures within the overall context of the communities in which they are embedded while also reinforcing universal values such as patient safety, quality of care, efficient service delivery, and equitable access to care?

    - What effect does significant organizational change such as downsizing, institutional mergers, or consolidations have on the culture and performance of healthcare organizations?

    These questions are critical as European and other countries wrestle with budget shortfalls to fund essential public services yet hope to maintain adequate levels of care for their populations. This special issue welcomes papers which address these and other topics related to cross cultural issues within healthcare organizations.


    Submission deadline: December 1, 2011


    Paper should be submitted online at the following website:

    http://www.inderscience.com/papers/login.php


    Author guidelines: http://www.inderscience.com/www/authorguide.pdf


    For more information please visit the EJCCM-Website: www.inderscience.com/ejccm


    We are looking forward to your submissions.

    Best regards,

    Daniel Dauber

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    Daniel Dauber, Dr.
    Research papers available at: http://ssrn.com/author=1588580

    Executive Editor
    Contact: ejccm@wu.ac.at
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    CULTURAL ASPECTS OF CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION: COMPETENCIES AND CAPABILITIES
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