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Performance of the local health system and contingent influences in Northeast-Brazil: breaking vicious and virtuous circles (2013)
Journal Article
Medeiros, R., & Atkinson, S. (2013). Performance of the local health system and contingent influences in Northeast-Brazil: breaking vicious and virtuous circles. Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 18(11), 3431-3442. https://doi.org/10.1590/s1413-81232013001100032

Organizational theory has long emphasized the importance of contingent, environmental influences on organizational performance. Similarly, research has demonstrated the importance of local political culture and informal management on the performance... Read More about Performance of the local health system and contingent influences in Northeast-Brazil: breaking vicious and virtuous circles.

Beyond components of wellbeing: the effects of relational and situated assemblage (2013)
Journal Article
Atkinson, S. (2013). Beyond components of wellbeing: the effects of relational and situated assemblage. Topoi, 32(2), 137-144. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11245-013-9164-0

Despite multiple axes of variation in defining wellbeing, the paper argues for the dominance of a ‘components approach’ in current research and practice. This approach builds on a well-established tradition within the social sciences of attending to... Read More about Beyond components of wellbeing: the effects of relational and situated assemblage.