| dc.rights.license | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Noordegraaf, M. | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Bekkers, V.J.J.M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Klauw, D.M. van der | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-11-02T18:00:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-11-02 | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-11-02T18:00:49Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/6089 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Service deliverers in health care have to cooperate and integrate to become more efficient, effective and responsive to multi-problem situation of clients. This requires multidisciplinary organizational innovations. This thesis investigated why professionals adopt these innovations. The case of ParkinsonNet, a successful multidisciplinary innovation, was studied to provide an answer.
The results revealed a paradoxical relationship between professionalism and multidisciplinary innovations. Specialization of professionals is both a barrier as enabler for adoption. Adoption is a way to demarcate professional ‘exclusiveness’ towards other professionals, management and market parties. Furthermore, this study found that the organization of the innovation is able to stimulate adoption, by providing a solution and problem that correspond to the professional quest for specialization. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Utrecht University | |
| dc.format.extent | 1275290 bytes | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.title | Crossing Boundaries -
Professional adoption of multidisciplinary innovations in health care | |
| dc.type.content | Master Thesis | |
| dc.rights.accessrights | Open Access | |
| dc.subject.keywords | professionalism, innovation, adoption, professional boundaries, multidisciplinary innovation | |
| dc.subject.courseuu | Research in Public Administration and Organizational Science | |
