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Top management team characteristics and innovation in nursing homes
Author(s)Nicholas G Castle, Jane Banaszak-Holl
Journal titleThe Gerontologist, vol 37, no 5, October 1997
Pagesp 572-580
KeywordsNursing homes ; Managers ; United States of America.
AnnotationThis study examined how the demographic characteristics of the top management team in 236 nursing homes in the United States (US) can affect the adoption of innovation. The computerisation of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) is the innovation examined, and tenure, education, and involvement in a professional society are the demographic characteristics investigated. Controlling for 10 organisational and environmental factors, the results are generally significant for each of these demographic factors. However, the results for top managers of non-chain nursing homes show a greater association between these demographic factors and innovation than the results for top managers of nursing homes belonging to a chain. The article concludes with a discussion of the results in terms of their significance for innovation research, nursing homes, and top management. (AKM).
Accession NumberCPA-980429402 A
ClassmarkLHB: T6: 7T

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