Limiting Terms of Office for Directors as a Policy Change in the Israeli Nursing System

Inga Shalev and Adriana Prodan
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Inga Shalev: Edith Wolfson Academic Nursing School
Adriana Prodan: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi

REVISTA DE MANAGEMENT COMPARAT INTERNATIONAL/REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE MANAGEMENT, 2018, vol. 19, issue 2, 109-123

Abstract: Background: This study examines the phenomenon of arrangements limiting terms of office for directors of nursing (DONs) as a policy change in the Israeli public healthcare system since nursing is a major component of the healthcare system's personnel, and DONs have a crucial influence on achieving the organization's goals in a changing and developing environment with limited resources. Aim of Article: To understand how senior role-holders in the Israeli public healthcare system view arrangements limiting terms of office for directors of nursing as a policy change in the Israeli nursing system. Methods: Qualitative design comprising face-to-face interviews with sixteen purposefully sampled senior managers at three medical centers in central Israel. Data were analyzed thematically. Findings: Five themes emerged: ambivalence concerning the need for arrangements limiting terms of office, arrangements limiting terms of office as an organizational change, arrangements limiting terms of office as a method of career management, arrangements limiting terms of office – where they are headed, and length of the term of office. Conclusions: This study shows that the answer to the question whether to perpetuate the past or shape the future is not unequivocal; it is evident from ambivalent attitudes towards the option of instituting arrangements limiting terms of office.

Keywords: Public healthcare system; nursing system, director of nursing; term limits; health policy; policy change; organizational change. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I15 M10 M12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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