Introduction Our professional identity refers to our sense of who we are and how we should
behave as professionals. Professional identities are developed through socialisation …

abstract This paper deals with the aftermath of the creation of a new governance structure in
the UK National Health Service. We conceptualize this new governance structure as a 'Trust …

There has been significant scholarly interest in organizational hybridity, the combination of
multiple institutional logics in one entity. However, the extant research has mainly studied …

The theme of the relationship between the medical profession and management has been at
the centre of both academic and policy debates since the creation of the National Health …

We adopted an interpretive, grounded theory approach to study the processes by which
organizational identities changed during the initial phases of a merger between two formerly …

Management consultants are often hidden and therefore understudied actors in public
administration. Building on institutional and social identity theory, we investigate consultants' …

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 …

Significant variation has been identified concerning the impact of management agendas on
health professionals in the National Health Service. While attempts to explain these …

The paradox of embedded agency addresses the question of how embedded agents are
able to conceive of new ideas and practices and then implement them in institutionalized …

Background The successful development and sustaining of professional identity is critical to
being a successful doctor. This study explores the enduring impact of significant early role …