Biennial Review of Health Care Management: Meso Perspectives

This volume provides state-of-the art reviews of health care management, linking concerns about health care workforce management with health care organization management issues. This meso perspective, linking micro- and macro-organizational processes, should appeal to health care management researchers and doctoral students. Review articles in this volume orient new and established scholars about current themes within health care management, as well as emerging themes and divergent views. The authors evaluate these future directions and offer their perspective on the direction or directions that would help build theory and improve the practice of health care management. Specifically, the volume focuses both on health care workforce management issues, including nurses, physicians, and volunteers, and on health care organization management issues, ranging from performance metrics to leadership development to strategy within health care organizations. Four papers draw upon organizational behavior perspectives, and three papers focus on organizational development and strategic management perspectives.