[Analysis of Mission Statements and Organizational Performance of Hospitals in South Korea]

Autor: Eun-Kyung Kim, Se Young Kim, Eunpyo Lee
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing. 45(4)
ISSN: 2093-758X
Popis: Purpose: The purpose of the study was to examine mission statements and their elements and to investigate correlations between mission statements and organizational performance. Methods: The current research was a descriptive study based on the examination of mission statements of 353 hospitals that posted mission statements on their webpage and 92 hospitals that made their income statements public. Results: The most common mission element was ‘identification of principal services’, which accounted for 92.6%. Mission statements of hospitals included the average of 4.82 mission elements out of 9, and the objective of medical quality improvement was 0.81 among 6 objectives of IOM (Institute of Medicine). Net profit of hospitals with mission statements that have above average number of mission elements were significantly higher (t=2.71, p =.008) than those of other hospitals. Net profit was significantly correlated with mission statements (r=.26, p
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