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Table 3 Research purpose and phenomena of interest

From: Scoping review of complexity theory in health services research

Research purpose

Phenomena of interest

Exploratory

Change [41, 44], Leadership [33], Management [48, 58, 60], Interactions/Relationships [39, 49, 52, 53, 57, 59], Working environment [43, 44, 66]

Describe

Interactions/Relationships [32, 36, 37, 51, 54], Management [32, 36, 40], Working environment [42]

Examine

Change [65, 69, 74], Interactions/Relationships [31]

Combined other purposes

Change [34, 47, 55, 56, 62, 68, 7072], Management [35, 41, 64, 73], Interactions/Relationships [46, 61, 67], Working Environment [38, 45, 50, 56]