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Does the employment contract make them different? Diversity management and identity of temporary agency nurses in the Italian healthcare
No full textThis paper studies the employment contract as variable of diversity in the organizations, analyzing the
relation between diversity management and the construction and regulation of new identities in the
complex Italian healthcare system.
Our idea starts with the “very Italian” problem of recruiting nurses. This concern depends on a
structural shortage of nursing staff of the whole Italian healthcare. Hospitals face this shortage relying
on Temporary Work Agencies (TWAs) and short-term nurses, especially foreigners.
Trough the analysis of the critical management literature, we attempt to offer an insight into the
employment contract differences to understand if different types of contracts (permanent vs temporary
employees) and the concerning diversity management practices contribute to construct different
professional identities.
Given the different ways in which an employee can perceive his/her employment relationship with an
organization, we observe the influence of specific context (healthcare), specific job (nursing) and
different DM programs in shaping identity.
The originality of the paper is in the attempt to address a topic focusing on diversity management and
identity of temporary workers not much-discussed in the critical diversity literature.
The main limit of this paper is the absence of empirical research that inhibit relevant finding
“Smart” healthcare organizations. An analysis of the organizational climate in a Paediatrics Department
No full textSocial Bricolage and Social Business Model in Uncertain Contexts: First Insights from Minor Cultural Heritage
No full textMost social entrepreneurship organizations (SEOs) face difficulty acquiring the resources they need to start and growth (Austin et al., 2006; Zahra et al., 2009). Bricolage has traditionally represented one of the most adopted option used by SEOs (Desa & Basu, 2013; Linna, 2013). Much of the previous research into the role of bricolage framework in SEOs explore how this process is developed (Di Domenico et al., 2010) and how it helps SEOs to achieve their social mission (Mair & Marti, 2009). Building on recent literature (Di Domenico et al., 2010; Desa & Basu, 2013; Bacq et al., 2015; Zollo et al., 2018), the recent concept of social bricolage is an entrepreneurial opportunity to address emergent social needs, in contexts characterized by resource scarcity, high levels of uncertainty in economic environments and the seasonality of activities (e.g. Langevang et al. 2012), such as minor (often abandoned and not fully exploited) cultural heritage.
Cultural SEOs able to respond to the social need for a broader cultural heritage consumption, to make abandoned sites available to citizens and tourists, filling a welfare gap (Pol & Ville, 2009; Murray et al., 2010; Caulier-Grice et al., 2012).
Special attention has been given to topics such as community engagement, stakeholder participation, and maintaining external legitimacy, all within the particularly resource-constrained area of SEOs (Gundry et al., 2011a; Gundry et al., 2011b).
As known, a great part of the enormous Italian cultural heritage lacks a careful management and enhancement processes. The inadequacy of the public model and the non-profitability of the private one in the management and protection of the minor cultural heritage has triggered many organizations trying to defend and manage this heritage against from neglect. Despite the crisis of both public and private profit-driven models, in the last years, new initiatives arose, and new projects are designed to meet this social need, drawing on the domain of social entrepreneurship. Building on these considerations, this study aims to investigate the main features of social bricolage in cultural SEOs, the sustainability of this initiatives and the social dimensions able to produce social innovation. Our analysis is part of an ongoing research “Napoli Attiva Project” on new business model in the development of the so-called minor and abandoned cultural heritage in Naples (Italy)
Fear, resistance and identity-building process. The case of temporary agency nurse in an Italian hospital department
No full textTemporary and permanent agency workers. A study of perceived organizational support and dual commitment
No full textTOWARDS THE CONSTRUCT OF PATERNALISM TO INVESTIGATE CONTROL IN FAMILY BUSINESS GOVERNANCE
No full textUnderstanding the low cost business model in healthcare service provision: A comparative case study in Italy
No full textThe cost of medical treatments may undermine timely and effective access to healthcare. We believe it is useful to examine innovative business models recently introduced in European countries, borrowing from less developed economies. This paper aims to analyze new business models of healthcare service provision that have recently been introduced in Italy, and its social component. In particular, we analyze the low cost business model in Italian healthcare. We carried out a comparative case study of three Italian low-cost organizations. The cases were selected using four social criteria: start-up capital; social value proposition; social value equation; and social profit equation. From the comparative case study, six main themes emerged: 1. Social relationships; 2. recruiting and engagement of medical and nursing personnel; 3. economies of scale; 4. cross subsidization; 5. management of financial surpluses; 6. patient involvement and participation. The cases reveal new ways of healthcare service provision and unravel innovative organizational dimensions falling into the low cost business model. The organizations both maximize profit and respond to the social need for healthcare at relatively low costs. The low cost business model is therefore able to respond to the demand for affordable healthcare, while providing social innovation
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