Power at Work: Navigating Hierarchies, Teamwork and Webs [Book Review]

Journal of Medical Humanities 25 (4):291-308 (2004)
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Abstract

I explore tensions between the dynamics observed during a shadowing experience in a clinic and a hospital and theories of power and organizations. Commenting on what the tensions reveal about “power at work” (in the dual sense of how power works and power in the workplace), I suggest that some of the most gratifying experiences of workplace collaboration for healthcare professionals may occur as a result of their having successfully navigated complex coalitions of hierarchies, teams and webs rather than dutifully adhering to any single organizational structure

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