John C. Tabone’s research while affiliated with McMaster University and other places

... It was also recommended by several scholars that in order to enforce the values of the organization, all organizational members must be able to recite the organizational mission correctly and openly. By doing so, the organizational members will tend to develop a greater sense of belonging towards the organization, and be effective in communicating the mission and vision of the organization to their respective stakeholders (Pearce and David, 1987;Bart andTabone, 1998Schein, 2004). The findings further revealed that majority of the respondents (98%) have personal visions that were similar to the NPOs' visions, whilst these personal visions were significant in contributing to the attainment of the NPO's visions. ...

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The Implementation of Learning Organization Elements and Their Impact towards Organizational Performance amongst NPOs in Singapore

... Bart and Tabone conducted an exploratory analysis to relate Canadian hospital mission statements with hospital performance. Hospital mission statements were rated as to whether they included statements of values or beliefs, specific behavior standards, desired public image, concern for employees, and concern for shareholders [9]. Mission performance was assessed by hospital administrators according to seven outcomes: (i) satisfaction with the current mission statement (ii) degree to which the mission was a source of energy (iii) degree the mission statement was used as a guide for decision making (iv) extent to which the mission influenced respondents' behavior (v) extent to which it influences members of the organization (vi) extent to which the members throughout the organization are committed to the mission (vii) qualitative perceptual measure of the organization's financial performance success. ...

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The Case to Discard Hospital Mission Statements and Replace It with A Statement of Goals

... As such, McDonald (2007) linked a clear and compelling mission statement with more innovative business practices with nonprofit organizations. Moreover, Bart (2000) demonstrated that in the eyes of hospital executives, mission statements can have a positive impact on performance. Support for the impact of a mission statement on performance is not universal (Bart & Baetz, 2002) and some studies have found that most employees do not know anything other than rudimentary content of their organization's mission statement (Braun et al., 2012; J o u r n a l o f S t r a t e g y a n d M a n a g e m e n t 8 Richtermeyer, 2011). ...

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What’s Emotion Got to Do With It: The Moderating Effect of Mission Statement Polarity on Fundraising Performance