Tandläkares (il)loajlitet med folktandvården

Abstract

Whether employees are loyal or not to the organization they work for, might have consequences for the organizational activity. In this article, dentists’ loyalty to the public dental service is discussed. Dentists’ loyalty might have consequences for both the degree to which the organizational objectives are fulfilled, as well as whether they stay in the organization or not. Therefore, one interesting question is to what extent managers can strengthen dentists’ loyalty. This subject is discussed in the light of dentists being professional workers, and in relation to organizational and societal circumstances that are considered to have an impact on people’s loyalty to an organization.