Table of contents - Special Issue: Managing people to manage care: from patient to people‐centredness at OHBC 2012
Guest Editors: Aoife M. McDermott, Mary A. Keating
High performance HRM: NHS employee perspectives
Paula Hyde, Paul Sparrow, Ruth Boaden, Claire HarrisThe purpose of this paper is to examine National Health Service (NHS) employee perspectives of how high performance human resource (HR) practices contribute to their performance.
Achieving organisational competence for clinical leadership: The role of high performance work systems
Sandra G. Leggat, Cathy BaldingWhile there has been substantial discussion about the potential for clinical leadership in improving quality and safety in healthcare, there has been little robust study. The…
Work engagement as a key driver of quality of care: a study with midwives
Yseult Freeney, Martin R. FellenzAgainst a backdrop of increased work intensification within maternity hospitals, the purpose of this paper is to examine the role of work engagement in the quality of care…
The role of organisational justice, burnout and commitment in the understanding of absenteeism in the Canadian healthcare sector
Denis Chênevert, Genevieve Jourdain, Nina Cole, Brigitte BanvilleThe purpose of this paper is to integrate Greenberg's perspective on the connection between injustice and stress in order to clarify the role of organisational justice, burnout…
Industrial relations conflict in Irish hospitals: a review of Labour Court cases
Jennifer Cowman, Mary A. KeatingThe purpose of this paper is to explore the nature of industrial relations (IR), and IR conflict in the Irish healthcare sector.
Challenges in transferring individual learning to organizational learning in the residential care of older people
Hanna Augustsson, Agneta Törnquist, Henna HassonThe purpose of this paper is to evaluate the outcomes of a workplace learning intervention on organizational learning and to identify factors influencing the creation of…
