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J R Schermerhorn

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Work and nonwork influences on health: a research agenda using inability to leave as a critical variable.

A basic path analytic model of stressor-health relationships is formulated from a multidisciplinary literature base. Work, nonwork, and individual difference variables act as exogenous stressors influencing endogenous job and life satisfaction variables, which are then posited to influence health variables. Inability to leave is added to the model as a means of more completely integrating a research framework investigating work and nonwork influences on health.

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Supporting institutional change: guidelines for the CEO.

The CEO's support for change within the health care organization is desirable, yet sometimes difficult to achieve. Pinpointing specific problems in communicating such support to employees is the CEO's first step toward accepting and implementing change.

Communication↗

Guidelines for change in health care organizations.

The following guidelines are derived from an empirical analysis of actual change cases experienced by middle managers in hospitals. The resulting insights assist practicing managers to make better decisions regarding planning, direction, power, participation and support when implementing changes in their work settings.

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The health care manager's role in promoting change.

In change theory the support of an institution's top management is necessary in order for planned change to be successful. However, there are many forces inhibiting administrators from providing this support. Three options are available to resolve this dilemma.

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