Interpersonal Relationships and Decision-Making about Patient Flow: What and Who Really Matters?

  • Kathy Eljiz
  • Anneke Fitzgerald
  • Terrence Sloan
Part of the Organizational Behaviour in Health Care book series (OBHC)

Abstract

The aim of this research is to give insights into how interpersonal relationships influence managerial decision-making about resource allocation in the health context.

Keywords

Stakeholder Theory Nurse Manager Stakeholder Model Stakeholder Power Relationship Maintenance 
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  • Kathy Eljiz
  • Anneke Fitzgerald
  • Terrence Sloan

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