Volume 29, Issue 5, 2020
DOI: 10.24205/03276716.2020.1032
Relationship between Motivation and Efficiencyof Emergency Care Professionals and its Importance in the Quality Management of Healthcare Services–A Case Study in Turkish Hospitals
Abstract
Introduction: Labour force is as much important as a patient-centred service delivery for a healthy functional capability. Attitudes of healthcare professionals, in-house working practices and interactive relations that prevail in a healthcare setting are all determinant factors influencing institutional performance. Success in any institution is therefore closely related to human resource management and employee motivation.
Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between motivation and efficiency of healthcare professionals working in emergency care units and its importance in the quality management of healthcare services.
Material and Method: A data collection form consisting of 9 items, a motivation and efficiency scale, and Servqual scale were used in the study. The study population consisted of the personnel working in three public and eight private hospitals located in downtown Adana. The study sample, on the other hand, was composed of 731 patients and 497 healthcare professionals who agreed to participate in the study.
Results/Discussion: The study used a sample that consisted of 731 patients and 497 healthcare professionals. In the model in which the economic factor was used as the dependent variable, higher economic status and shorter length of service in an emergency care unit were both found, in decreasing order, to be significant predictors. In the model in which organisational-managerial factor was considered as the dependent variable, higher economic status, working in a private hospital, lower educational level, shorter service length in an emergency care unit and being single were found, in decreasing order, to be significant predictors. Using, on the other hand, the psychosocial factor as the dependent variable in the model, the study found that working in a private hospital, shorter length of service in an emergency care unit and lower educational level were, again in decreasing order, significant predictors. In all the three models, the aspects of higher economic status and shorter length of service in an emergency care department were found to be factors that promoted motivation and efficiency. Working in a private hospital significantly predicted the scores of perceived aspects achieved in all the sub-dimensions of the Servqual scale. Having a higher educational level also significantly predicted the scores of perceived aspects, except for those of physical aspects. Working in a public hospital, on the other hand, was found to be a significant predictor for expected reliability, responsiveness and assurance.
Keywords
Motivation and Efficiency, Emergency Care Professional, Turkish Hospitals