Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyze how physicians and nurses
strategically employ the managerial logic. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative case …

In this article we develop a theoretical perspective of how professional identities in multi-
professional organisational settings are co-constructed in daily interactions. The research …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to extend the discussion of the recursive relationship
between the identity of a profession and the professional identity of individuals in the context …

Purpose–To explore theoretically the reasons for the modest uptake of clinical governance
practices by taking the literature on the origin of tensions between doctors and managers as …

Purpose The aim of this article was to analyze how the presence of the elements that
constitute organizational links are related to sensemaking in a cooperative system of …

Maintenance of professional identity, particularly during periods of organizational
restructuring, is critical within modern complex healthcare systems as professional identity …

Purpose–Recognition of the importance and difficulty of engaging physicians in
organisational change has sparked an explosion of literature. The social identity approach …

Background: Delivering health care within the prison walls poses distinct and arduous
challenges to the practitioner. Correctional health workers regularly face issues of …

The aim of this article is to outline in discursive-linguistic terms how doctor-managers (or
'physician-executives' as they are termed in the USA) manage the incommensurate …

This study examines identity and solidarity among 22 physician-managers working in a
changing health maintenance organization. It describes two distinct identities among these …