Timothy J Hoff
Biographic Data
| ID | 271555 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Timothy J Hoff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Timothy J |
| FAMILY NAME | Hoff |
| SIGNATURE | HOFF T J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University at Albany, State University of New York |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Teaching but not learning: How medical residency programs handle errors
This study examines how easily organizations with pluralistic missions enact those missions on an everyday basis. A teaching‐focused organization located in the health care industry is explored for its ability to also pursue a learning‐focused mission with respect to medical errors and patient safety. Extended observations and interviews were conducted of attending and resident physicians working in surgical and medical intensive care unit settin…
Perceived Image and Utility of Collective Action Organizations Among U.S. Physicians
Doing the Same and Earning Less: Male and Female Physicians in a New Medical Specialty
Doing the Same and Earning Less: Male and Female Physicians in a New Medical Specialty
This study presents findings from a national survey of physicians working in the emerging career of hospital medicine. It finds that female hospitalists earn significantly less annually than male hospitalists, despite similar work schedules and commitments; that these similarities in work and differences in pay remain even for male and female hospitalists who are married and have children; and that female hospitalists maintain positive feelings t…
How Physician-Employees Experience Their Work Lives in a Changing HMO
The present study advances our understanding of both physician adaptation and the physician-organization relationship in a managed care environment defined by structural diversity and constant change. It does so through a longitudinal examination of a single group of physician-employees experiencing their work lives within a nonprofit health maintenance organization (HMO) in the midst of major strategic developments. Using interview, observation,…
Professional commitment among US physician executives in managed care
The Social Organization of Physician-Managers in a Changing HMO
This study examines identity and solidarity among 22 physician-managers working in a changing health maintenance organization. It describes two distinct identities among these professionals and the social relations associated with them. The identities are labeled organization-compatible and profession-compatible. Social relations between physician-managers are characterized by conflict, distrust, and game-playing rather than collegiality. The fin…
Adapting, Resisting, and Negotiating: How Physicians Cope with Organizational and Economic Change
The organization and economics of health care in the United States are in the midst of profound change. Yet we know little about how individual physicians cope with and respond to this change on a daily basis. This article examines primary care doctors in two different work settings to see how professionals attempt to actively deal with structural developments in their environment. The findings show the complex, uncertain, and ongoing process of …
Professional commitment among US physician executives in managed care
Adapting, Resisting, and Negotiating: How Physicians Cope with Organizational and Economic Change
The organization and economics of health care in the United States are in the midst of profound change. Yet we know little about how individual physicians cope with and respond to this change on a daily basis. This article examines primary care doctors in two different work settings to see how professionals attempt to actively deal with structural developments in their environment. The findings show the complex, uncertain, and ongoing process of …
The Social Organization of Physician-Managers in a Changing HMO
This study examines identity and solidarity among 22 physician-managers working in a changing health maintenance organization. It describes two distinct identities among these professionals and the social relations associated with them. The identities are labeled organization-compatible and profession-compatible. Social relations between physician-managers are characterized by conflict, distrust, and game-playing rather than collegiality. The fin…
How Physician-Employees Experience Their Work Lives in a Changing HMO
The present study advances our understanding of both physician adaptation and the physician-organization relationship in a managed care environment defined by structural diversity and constant change. It does so through a longitudinal examination of a single group of physician-employees experiencing their work lives within a nonprofit health maintenance organization (HMO) in the midst of major strategic developments. Using interview, observation,…
Adapting, Resisting, and Negotiating: How Physicians Cope with Organizational and Economic Change
The organization and economics of health care in the United States are in the midst of profound change. Yet we know little about how individual physicians cope with and respond to this change on a daily basis. This article examines primary care doctors in two different work settings to see how professionals attempt to actively deal with structural developments in their environment. The findings show the complex, uncertain, and ongoing process of …
The Social Organization of Physician-Managers in a Changing HMO
This study examines identity and solidarity among 22 physician-managers working in a changing health maintenance organization. It describes two distinct identities among these professionals and the social relations associated with them. The identities are labeled organization-compatible and profession-compatible. Social relations between physician-managers are characterized by conflict, distrust, and game-playing rather than collegiality. The fin…
Professional commitment among US physician executives in managed care
How Physician-Employees Experience Their Work Lives in a Changing HMO
The present study advances our understanding of both physician adaptation and the physician-organization relationship in a managed care environment defined by structural diversity and constant change. It does so through a longitudinal examination of a single group of physician-employees experiencing their work lives within a nonprofit health maintenance organization (HMO) in the midst of major strategic developments. Using interview, observation,…
Doing the Same and Earning Less: Male and Female Physicians in a New Medical Specialty
Doing the Same and Earning Less: Male and Female Physicians in a New Medical Specialty
This study presents findings from a national survey of physicians working in the emerging career of hospital medicine. It finds that female hospitalists earn significantly less annually than male hospitalists, despite similar work schedules and commitments; that these similarities in work and differences in pay remain even for male and female hospitalists who are married and have children; and that female hospitalists maintain positive feelings t…
Perceived Image and Utility of Collective Action Organizations Among U.S. Physicians
Teaching but not learning: How medical residency programs handle errors
This study examines how easily organizations with pluralistic missions enact those missions on an everyday basis. A teaching‐focused organization located in the health care industry is explored for its ability to also pursue a learning‐focused mission with respect to medical errors and patient safety. Extended observations and interviews were conducted of attending and resident physicians working in surgical and medical intensive care unit settin…
Psychology (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Public relations (6 works) · Health care (5 works) · Management and Organizational Studies (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Healthcare Quality and Management (3 works) · Medical education (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)