Publication: Framing sustainable development through descriptive determinants in private hospitals. Orientation and organization
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Rodríguez Herrera, Rocío ; Svensson, Göran ; Otero Neira, Carmen
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Elsevier
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2019.05.006
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© 2019 Elsevier Ltd. This document is thePublished version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Evaluation and Program Planning. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2019.05.006
Abstract
Purpose:To frame the sustainable development in private hospitals, based on descriptive determinants of or-ientation and organization from the past to the present.Design/methodology/approach:Based on an inductive approach, judgmental sampling was used to target relevanthealth care organizations. Informants were assessed according to their knowledge of their organizations’sus-tainability initiatives.Findings:Report the main determinants of orientation and organization revealed in relation to the hospitals’pastand present sustainability initiatives, providing a foundation for describing their sustainable development.Research limitations/implications:Reveals a selection of descriptive determinants of sustainable development inprivate hospitals, all of which offers a basis for assessing whether the evolution of organizational sustainabilityinitiatives is major, minor or non-existent.Managerial implications:The sustainability orientation has changed from value-based initiatives to business-based ones. It has also resulted in the orientation changing from environmental initiatives to social ones, as wellas a change from reactive initiatives to proactive ones.Originality/value:Contributes to framing sustainable development through descriptive determinants in privatehealthcare organizations. It also divides these determinants into two categories, namely the orientation andorganization of sustainability initiatives
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Evaluation and Program Planning, 2019, Vol. 75, pp. 78-88
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