Humanitarian principles and organisational culture: everyday practice in Médecins Sans Frontières-Holland
| dc.contributor.author | Hilhorst, Dorothea | * |
| dc.contributor.author | Schmiemann, Nadja | * |
| dc.contributor.editor | Eade, Deborah | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-05-24T09:52:59Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2011-05-24T09:52:59Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2002-08-01 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0961-4524 | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/0961450220149834 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10546/130556 | en |
| dc.description | Organisational principles or value standards are considered crucial for maintaining quality in humanitarian assistance. Research among staff members of Médecins Sans Frontiéres-Holland (MSF-H) showed that fieldworkers construct their own interpretations of principles and priorities in response to demands placed on them in the field. Organisational principles are important for the performance and the well-being of volunteers: they serve as beacons, identity markers, and interpersonal 'glue'. It also becomes apparent that while in practice staff members renegotiate the formal principles of their organisation, they also adhere to patterns of organisational culture resulting in a number of ordering principles they deem typical of their organisation.<p>This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.</p> | en |
| dc.format.extent | 11 | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | en | |
| dc.language.iso | English | en |
| dc.publisher | Oxfam GB | en |
| dc.publisher | Routledge | en |
| dc.relation.url | http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/humanitarian-principles-and-organisational-culture-everyday-practice-in-médecin-130556 | |
| dc.subject | Approach and methodology | |
| dc.title | Humanitarian principles and organisational culture: everyday practice in Médecins Sans Frontières-Holland | en |
| dc.type | Journal article | en |
| dc.identifier.eissn | 1364-9213 | en |
| dc.identifier.journal | Development in Practice | en |
| oxfam.signoff.status | For public use – can be shared outside Oxfam | en |
| oxfam.subject.country | Netherlands | en |
| oxfam.subject.keyword | Development methods | |
| oxfam.subject.keyword | Development in Practice Journal | |
| oxfam.subject.keyword | DiP | |
| prism.issuename | Development and the Learning Organisation | en |
| prism.number | 3 & 4 | en |
| prism.volume | 12 | en |