ADAPTING, RESISTING, AND NEGOTIATING - HOW PHYSICIANS COPE WITH ORGANIZATIONAL AND ECONOMIC-CHANGE

Citation
Tj. Hoff et Dp. Mccaffrey, ADAPTING, RESISTING, AND NEGOTIATING - HOW PHYSICIANS COPE WITH ORGANIZATIONAL AND ECONOMIC-CHANGE, Work and occupations, 23(2), 1996, pp. 165-189
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Sociology,"Industrial Relations & Labor
Journal title
ISSN journal
07308884
Volume
23
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
165 - 189
Database
ISI
SICI code
0730-8884(1996)23:2<165:ARAN-H>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The organization and economics of health care in the United States are in the midst of profound change. Pet we know little about how individ ual physicians cope with and respond to this change on a daily basis. This article examines primary care doctors in two different work setti ngs to see how professional attempt to actively deal with structural d evelopments in their environment The findings show the complex, uncert ain and ongoing process of professional adaptation and how characteris tics of the specific work context play a mediating role in this adapta tion. They also provide a rationale for bringing the study of individu al- and group-level processes back into the literature on the professi ons.