Society for Studies in Organizing Healthcare (SHOC)
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Society for Studies in Organizing Healthcare (SHOC)
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Society for Studies in Organizing Healthcare (SHOC) sponsors `Organisational Behaviour in Health Care' (OBHC) conference. Affiliated to
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SHOC Annual General Meeting to be held on Tuesday 2 December at 3pm (UK time). All SHOC members invited to attend. Details and online link in email sent today by SHOC membership officer (Dr. Anna Galazka).
November 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Markman et al "Purposeful Management and the Public Good: Relationships, Tensions, and Consequences" Journal of Management Studies onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Purposeful Management and the Public Good: Relationships, Tensions, and Consequences
Traditional management practices have long prioritized organizational performance and financial growth, primarily serving shareholder interests. However, escalating societal and environmental challen...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
New book: Klein and Powell "The New Politics of the NHS: From Creation to Reinvention" 8th edition www.routledge.com/The-New-Poli...
The New Politics of the NHS: From Creation to Reinvention
Since it was first published more than 40 years ago, The New Politics of the NHS has become established as the key overview of the NHS, its processes and its paths of influence, providing a clear, eas...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Ferguson et al. "Locum doctor working: A qualitative exploration of the implications for learning and professional development" Medical Education. asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Locum doctor working: A qualitative exploration of the implications for learning and professional development
Background In the English National Health Service, and other health care systems internationally, there have been growing numbers of doctors working on a short- or long-term temporary basis as ‘locu...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:59 AM
November 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Deadline for OBHC 2026: organisers will hold submissions open to 24/11/25. If you made your submission on time you may leave it for review, OR you could replace it. If you resubmit PLEASE use the same title as original submission but add VER2 at beginning of title.
November 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Beneath the numbers: a qualitative study of the politics of resistance to transparent workforce data reporting url: www.emerald.com/jhom/article...
Beneath the numbers: a qualitative study of the politics of resistance to transparent workforce data reporting
Purpose. The purpose of this paper is to go beyond assumptions of “objective” transparency in data reporting within healthcare systems by examining forms of resistance among general practice providers...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
OBHC conference 2026: We’ve had inquiries about extensions to submission deadline. We will make a decision at deadline point so if we have sufficient submissions we will not extend the deadline. Please use the development category if needed. But please submit. See you at OBHC26.
November 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Mannion, R., Speed, E. (2025). Quid Quo Pro? A Critical Perspective on the Global Flow and Spread of Health Innovation, International Journal of Health Policy and Management, www.ijhpm.com/article_4802...
Quid Quo Pro? A Critical Perspective on the Global Flow and Spread of Health Innovation
Over recent decades, the exchange of health innovations between high-income countries (HICs) and low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) has grown significantly. Three main types of cross-border flow...
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October 29, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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How will the NHS make the ‘big shift’ from hospitals to communities?

Join us for an insightful annual lecture Professor Martin Knapp:

➡️ 6 Nov | 12:30 PM UK Time | Online

www.cchsr.phpc.cam.ac.uk/index.php/20...
October 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Reminder: just over 2 weeks left to submit your paper (full, development, panel) to the OBHC conference, 8-10 April, Oxford University. And don't forget the pre-conference workshop for PhD/ECRs on 7 April. www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/events/organ...
Organisational Behaviour in Health Care (OBHC) Conference 2026 | Saïd Business School
You are invited to submit a paper for the Organisational Behaviour in Health Care (OBHC) Conference 2026.
www.sbs.ox.ac.uk
October 23, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Guy, M., Newcombe, L. NHS Patient Choice Policy in England: What Mapping the Private Healthcare Market for NHS Patients Can Tell Us. Liverpool Law Rev (2025) doi.org/10.1007/s109...
Client Challenge
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October 14, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Journal of Health Organization and Management (JHOM) special issue - call for papers "Transforming Health Organization and Management: The Impact of Emerging Technologies, New Ways of Working, and Changing Boundaries" deadline 26 Feb 2026. www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-pa...
Transforming Health Organization and Management: The Impact of Emerging Technologies, New Ways of Working, and Changing Boundaries
The special issue will offer a grounded and balanced view of how emerging technologies can improve, but also complicate healthcare work.
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October 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Annual Teddy Chester Lecture will be delivered by Professor Henrietta Hughes OBE, the inaugural Patient Safety Commissioner for England. Tues 4 Nov 17:30 - 4 Nov 19:00. www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/events/the-a...
The Annual Teddy Chester Lecture | Alliance MBS
Join Professor Henrietta Hughes OBE as she explores patient voice, safety, and system change in the Annual Teddy Chester Lecture at Alliance MBS.
www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Just over a month to submit your paper... Organisational Behaviour in Health Care (OBHC) Conference 2026 - call for papers (full & development) & for symposia/panels. Deadlines for submission 10 November 2025. sbs.ox.ac.uk/events/organ...
Organisational Behaviour in Health Care (OBHC) Conference 2026 | Saïd Business School
You are invited to submit a paper for the Organisational Behaviour in Health Care (OBHC) Conference 2026.
sbs.ox.ac.uk
October 6, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Webinar: The role of management in leading and supporting innovation and improvement |
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October 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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September 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Delighted to have a chapter in this new book about Dr Kathleen Lynn and the other great, innovative female doctors during the first decades of St Ultan’s hospital for sick infants. #speirgorm #irishhistory #history
September 22, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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OBHC pre-conference workshop for PhD students and Early Career Researchers; Tuesday 7 April; Oxford. Save the date - details forthcoming via: www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/events/organ...
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September 17, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Organisational Behaviour in Health Care (OBHC) Conference 2026 - call for papers (full & development) & for symposia/panels. Deadlines for submission 10 November 2025. www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/events/organ...
www.sbs.ox.ac.uk
September 17, 2025 at 9:41 AM