Administrative service expense as a percentage of total expense (ASEPTE), 3, 17
average values by LHIN, 18–20, 28–31
Agency theory, 5–6
Alternate levels of care (ALC), 16
Behavioural and evolutionary theory, 5–6
Black box, 5
average size of, by LHIN, 23
composition of, 21–25
distribution of gender by LHIN, 22, 24, 25, 30–31
diversity on, 11–12
gender distribution on, 33
implications of diversity on, 28
influence of, 11
qualifications, 25–26
social responsibility, 26
Board power theory, 5–6
Canada
gross domestic product (GDP), 15
health spending in, 15–16
Canadian hospital report project (CHRP), 16–17
Canadian institute of health information (CIHI), 3, 15, 27
Contingency theory, 5–6
Credit valley hospital, 36–37
ASEPTE values in, 36
Critical resource management, 27–28
Diversity, 3
in gender, 1
on hospital board, 11–12
implications on board, 28
Gender, 7
on boards, 2
diversity, 1
Greening, 10
Group heterogeneity, 9–10
propositions to, 10
Halton health care services, 36
Health care
management composition of, 21–26
system, 2
Homogeneous top management teams, 9, 10
Hospital governance accountability, 11
Hospital system funding reform (HSFR), 16
Intellectual segregation, 1
Local health integration act, 14
Local health integration network (LHIN), 3, 13–20
with ASEPTE average values, 28–31
average size of board by, 23
best performing, 36–37
of board gender by, 22, 24, 25, 34
health service by, 14
regional locations of Ontario, 15
Ministry of health and long-term care (MOHLTC), 11, 14, 16, 35
Ontario health association (OHA), 11
Ontario health care sector, 1
Organizational performance, 1, 2, 16, 34–35
effectiveness of females on, 28–29
Organizational survival, 10
age, related to, 7
basis of, 7
career experience, 8
financial position, related to, 9
formal education, related to, 9
functional track, 7–8
group heterogeneity, 9–11
peripheral-function experience, 8
socioeconomic, related to, 9
Resource dependence theory, 5–6
Social Identity theory, 5–6
Stakeholder theory, 5–6
Stewardship theory, 5–6
Top management teams (TMTs), 2
Trillium health partners, 36
psychologicalbehaviors of, 13
Upper echelons theory (UET), 2, 5, 6–11
career experience proposition, 8
functional track propositions, 7–8
group heterogeneity propositions, 9–11
peripheral-function experience, 8
propositions. See Propositions, in UET
research theoretical framework, 6