Purpose – The aim of this paper is to examine the effects of burnout and supervisory social support on the relationship between work‐family conflict, and intention to leave of cancer workers in an Australian health care setting. Design/methodology/approach – Data collected from a public...

Purpose – This article aims to investigate the impact of managerial orientation on the career success of physicians employed in hospitals. Design/methodology/approach – The authors collected data between August and October 2006 using a written questionnaire that was sent to all 278...

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to explore factors influencing career deciding amongst pharmacy students and graduates in the UK. Design/methodology/approach – Group interviews were used to devise a topic guide for five subsequent focus groups with pharmacy students and graduates....

Purpose – The National Health Service (NHS) is the largest employer in the UK but, despite decades of equal opportunities legislation, its senior management workforce does not reflect the diversity of either the wider NHS workforce or the UK population. The aim of the paper is to consider the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the claims made for the clinical microsystems approach of healthcare improvement within an English NHS context. Design/methodology/approach – The research adopted a Realistic Evaluation approach to examine a series of pilot clinical...

Purpose – This paper aims to focus on the management capacity assessment of the Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) program at the state level. Design/methodology/approach – Based on an extensive literature survey, and discussions with senior officers in charge of RCH program at the central...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the various ways in which clinical executive directors and non‐clinical executive directors are interpreting and responding to the extensive reforms and restructuring in the UK health service. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to quantify the impact of socio‐economic characteristics on out‐of pocket expenditures for prescribed medications in Tajikistan and provide recommendations for healthcare sector reform. The research question in this paper is: what household, personal,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how managers in social and health care evaluate the knowledge sources affecting their decision‐making, and how the evaluations were associated with the managers' professional background, activity sector, gender, age and management...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a co‐authored reflection on the health improvement leadership development programme and the key evaluation messages derived from piloting in an English National Health Service region. It highlights the specific attributes of this approach to...