Overview

This book explores some of the most daunting workforce challenges in healthcare services in history. These challenges are not new, but reflect decades of under-investment and lack of strategic planning. According to the World Health Organization, there will be a global shortage of 18 million health workers by 2030, mainly in low- and middle-income countries. This book draws upon the best papers from the international Organisational Behaviour in Health Care (OBHC) conference, which took place at the University of Birmingham in 2022, hosted by the Health Services Management Centre. The OBHC conference is linked to the Society for Studies in Organising Health Care (SHOC), a learned society affiliated to the UK Academy of Social Sciences. Taking an international approach, this edited volume incorporates the highest quality papers submitted by members of the society and Key themes explored include clinical leadership in times of crisis, human resource management in homecare, and organisational behaviour and the health care workforce. With its in depth coverage, this book will appeal to international healthcare practitioners.

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Author:   Jane Ferguson ,  Justin Waring ,  Yvonne Zurynski ,  Mark Exworthy
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:  

9783031895838

ISBN 10:   3031895835
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   20 August 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Perspectives on organising the health and care workforce Mark Exworthy, Jane Ferguson, Justin Waring and Yvonne Zurynski.- Chapter 2: Health workforce planning in Australia: evolution or devolution? Yvonne Zurynski, Genevieve Dammery, Carolynn Smith and Jeffrey Braithwaite.- Chapter 3: Planning and Organising the Healthcare Workforce: More, Better and Different Steve Gulati, Sheena Gohal and Brian Cox.- Chapter 4: The evolution – and professionalisation – of medical leadership in UK health care Simon Moralee.- Chapter 5: Drivers of unprofessional behaviour: a qualitative study of locum doctors Jane Ferguson, Gemma Stringer and Kieran Walshe.- Chapter 6: From marginalized to mastodons: How relational dynamics enhance identity formation of a low-status occupational group Marieke Van Wieringen.- Chapter 7: Organizational pre-conditions for the implementation of patient-centred care Theresa Hensel and Holger Pfaff.- Chapter 8: Exploring Human Resource Management Challenges and Their Impact on Organisational Performance in England’s Homecare Thoai Le.- Chapter 9: People and culture: at the heart of the evolution of learning health systems Carolynn L. Smith, Yvonne Zurynski, Louise A. Ellis, Genevieve Dammery,  Isabell Meulenbroeks, Gilbert Knaggs, Alex Vedovi, Georgia Fisher, Meagan Warwick, Hossai Gul and Jeffrey Braithwaite.- Chapter 10: Researching organisational behaviour in health care: assessing the contribution of workforce Mark Exworthy and Russell Mannion.

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Professor Mark Exworthy’s is Professor of Health Policy and Management at the University of Birmingham’s Health Services Management Centre. Dr Jane Ferguson is a health services researcher [Associated Professor] at the University of Birmingham’s Health Services Management Centre. Professor Justin Waring is Professor of Sociology and Dean in the School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Loughborough University.   Professor Yvonne Zurynski leads the Coordinating Centre of the Partnership Centre for Health System Sustainability at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University.

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