Leading top-down implementation processes: a qualitative study on the role of managers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Leadership has been identified as an influential factor in implementation processes in healthcare organizations. However, the processes through which leaders affect implementation outcomes are largely unknown. The purpose of this study is to analyse how managers interpret and make sense of a large scale top-down implementation initiative and what implications this has for the implementation process. This was studied at the implementation of an academic primary healthcare initiative covering 210 primary healthcare centres in central Sweden. The aim of the initiative was to integrate research and education into regular primary healthcare services.

Methods

The study builds on 16 in-depth individual semi-structured interviews with all managers (n = 8) who had operativ

SUBMITTER: Uvhagen H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6052667 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature