This volume presents scientific work in the field of organizational behaviour in healthcare (OBHC) revolving around structures of healthcare organizations and their relationship to patients, employees and the overall health system. By following a patient-centred perspective, it contributes to raising awareness of the significance of organizational behaviour in health research and practice and further aims to permit the international comparison of empirical findings. The book results from the cooperation of German scientists in the interdisciplinary " Network on Organizational Behaviour in Healthcare" (NWOB).