Publication: Framing sustainable development through descriptive determinants in private hospitals – Orientation and organization
Authors
Rodríguez Herrera, Rocío ; Svensson, Göran ; Otero Neira, Carmen
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Publisher
Elsevier
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2019.05.006
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Description
© 2019 Published by Elsevier Ltd. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
This document is the Accepted 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 orientation and organization from the past to the present.
Design/methodology/approach
Based on an inductive approach, judgmental sampling was used to target relevant health care organizations. Informants were assessed according to their knowledge of their organizations’ sustainability initiatives.
Findings
Report the main determinants of orientation and organization revealed in relation to the hospitals’ past and present sustainability initiatives, providing a foundation for describing their sustainable development.
Research limitations/implications
Reveals a selection of descriptive determinants of sustainable development in private hospitals, all of which offers a basis for assessing whether the evolution of organizational sustainability initiatives 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 well as a change from reactive initiatives to proactive ones.
Originality/value
Contributes to framing sustainable development through descriptive determinants in private healthcare organizations. It also divides these determinants into two categories, namely the orientation and organization of sustainability initiatives.
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Citation
Evaluation and Program Planning, 2019, Vol. 75, pp. 78-88
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