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Managing the workforce reduction: hospital CEO perceptions of organizational dysfunctionKent V Rondeau
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
J Healthc Manag 47:161-76; discussion 176-8. 2002..This research provides some evidence to suggest that how a workforce reduction is carried out may have a greater effect on organizational effectiveness than either the magnitude or severity of the overall workforce reduction...
Health human resource planning requires an effective staff retention policyKent V Rondeau
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Healthc Pap 3:45-9; discussion 76-9. 2002..Without effective recruitment and retention policies for healthcare professionals, planning initiatives will continue to be ineffective...
Emergency department overcrowding: the impact of resource scarcity on physician job satisfactionKent V Rondeau
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Canada
J Healthc Manag 50:327-40; discussion 341-2. 2005..Resource factors that have the greatest impact on job satisfaction include availability of emergency room physicians, access to hospital technology and emergency beds, and stability of financial (investment) resources...
Nurse and resident satisfaction in magnet long-term care organizations: do high involvement approaches matter?Kent V Rondeau
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
J Nurs Manag 14:244-50. 2006..This study examines the association of high involvement nursing work practices with employer-of-choice (magnet) status in a sample of Canadian nursing homes...
Turnover and vacancy rates for registered nurses: do local labor market factors matter?Kent V Rondeau
School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Health Care Manage Rev 33:69-78. 2008..Labor market factors have also been suggested as important contributors to turnover and vacancy rates but have received limited attention by scholars...
Impact of human resource management practices on nursing home performanceK V Rondeau
Health Policy and Management, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G3
Health Serv Manage Res 14:192-202. 2001..This finding is consistent with the conclusion that simply introducing HRM practices or programmes, in the absence of an appropriately supportive workplace climate, will be insufficient to attain optimal organizational performance...
Developing human capital: what is the impact on nurse turnover?Kent V Rondeau
School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
J Nurs Manag 17:739-48. 2009..To investigate the impact that increasing human capital through staff training makes on the voluntary turnover of registered nurses...
Health promoting attitudes and behaviors of emergency physicians: exploring gender differencesKent V Rondeau
School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
J Health Organ Manag 20:269-84. 2006..The purpose of this paper is to report on gender differences in emergency physicians with respect to their attitudes, knowledge, and practices concerning health promotion and disease prevention...
The adoption of high involvement work practices in Canadian nursing homesKent V Rondeau
School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Leadersh Health Serv (Bradf Engl) 20:16-26. 2007..It seeks to determine the organizational and workplace factors that are associated with the uptake/adoption of ten selected human resource high-involvement employee work practices...
Managing the consequences of hospital cutbacks: the role of workforce reduction practicesK V Rondeau
University of Alberta, Canada
J Health Hum Serv Adm 23:443-69. 2001..This study examines the impact that workforce reduction approaches have on perceptions of organizational performance in a large sample of Canadian hospitals undergoing workforce reductions...
Reducing the hospital workforce: what is the role of human resource management practices?Kent V Rondeau
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta-Edmonton, Canada
Hosp Top 80:12-8. 2002
Organizational learning and continuous quality improvement: examining the impact on nursing home performanceKent V Rondeau
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton
Healthc Manage Forum 15:17-23. 2002..The results of the assessment suggest that a TQM/CQI program without the backing of a strong organizational learning culture may be insufficient to achieve augmented organizational performance...
Implementing CQI while reducing the work force: how does it influence hospital performance?Kent V Rondeau
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton
Healthc Manage Forum 17:22-9. 2004....
The chronic care model: which physician practice organizations adapt best?Kent V Rondeau
School of Public Health, University of Alberta
Healthc Manage Forum 22:31-9. 2009..Results suggest that physician primary care practices have considerable way to go in implementing the model, with walk-in clinics and solo family practices showing the least progress in inculcating its components...
Labour-management forums and workplace performance. Evidence from union officials in health care organizationsTerry H Wagar
Department of Management, St Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
J Manag Med 16:408-21. 2002....
Heavy physician workloads: impact on physician attitudes and outcomesEric S Williams
Management and Marketing Department, Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Alabama, 164 Alston Hall, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA
Health Serv Manage Res 20:261-9. 2007..Implications of these results and directions for future research are discussed...
