2015
DOI: 10.11648/j.sjph.20150305.31
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Healthcare Workers' Perceptions Towards Hospital Leadership and Institutional Structure in Chiro and Gelemso Hospitals, West Hararghe Zone, East Ethiopia

Abstract: Abstract:Background: Institutional structure, also called institutional formation is defined as the components and resources that an institution has to deliver its services and generate external support. Until recently, human resources have been overlooked during the course of health sector reforms. The perception of health worker towards institutional structure and leadership have an enormous impact for the successful implementation of health sector reform thus identifying factors that affect their perception… Show more

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“…Most studies suggest that, a conducive working environment and living conditions, management and supervision, career advancement and training, keeping staff healthy, and improving salaries and benefits are significant to secure employees and augment performance (Aklilu, 2012). Conversely, loyalty, commitment, engagement, and enthusiasm of the workforce as well as the quality and performance of Catholic healthcare is gradually deteriorating, causing high employee attrition and demoralization.…”
Section: Background Of the Problemmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Most studies suggest that, a conducive working environment and living conditions, management and supervision, career advancement and training, keeping staff healthy, and improving salaries and benefits are significant to secure employees and augment performance (Aklilu, 2012). Conversely, loyalty, commitment, engagement, and enthusiasm of the workforce as well as the quality and performance of Catholic healthcare is gradually deteriorating, causing high employee attrition and demoralization.…”
Section: Background Of the Problemmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…2 In Africa, health system clinical staff are currently faced with weak institutional frameworks and distortive incentive structures, ineffective management practices and adverse work environments. 2,3 According to World Health Organization (WHO), Ethiopia had designated as having a "critical" health workforce shortage characterized by an absolute shortage and "brain drain" of health workers to more developed countries that offer better compensation. 4 A shortage of midwives poses a serious obstacle to increasing skilled midwifery care in Ethiopia and, consequently, to improving maternal and newborn health outcomes.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…2 African health systems are challenging because of staff shortages and health professionals are currently faced with weak organizational frameworks and in effective management and support. 3 The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified Ethiopia as having a shortage of trained/qualified health workforce working in health care organizations. 4 Leadership is the art of influencing followers so that they will work towards the achievement of specific goals and the achievement of organizational goals can only happen if leaders are able to manage their human resources in their organization including in health institutions.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%