Effects of high-performance work system in healthcare facilities on service perception of staffs

의료조직의 고성과업무체계가 의료진의 서비스인식에 미치는 영향

  • Shin, Hak-Gene (School of Health and Welfare, Jeonju Kijeon College)
  • 신학진 (전주기전대학 보건복지학부)
  • Received : 2011.02.22
  • Accepted : 2011.03.12
  • Published : 2011.03.30

Abstract

In this study, we examined the effects of high-performance work system(HPWS) on healthcare staffs' patient orientation and perceived service quality. To investigate the causalities of the factors such as HPWS, patient orientation, and perceived service quality, we collected national wide samples of 721 healthcare staffs from 144 hospitals. We deployed reliability analysis(Cronbach ${\alpha}$) and confirmatory factor analysis(CFA) for the factors. With 4 proposed hypotheses, we fabricated a structural equation model with AMOS 7.0 and examined the validity of the hypotheses. Followed were findings of this study. First, the healthcare staffs' perceptions of HPWS in hospital settings were positively linked to the perceived service quality. Second, the intensity of HPWS also influenced the healthcare staffs' patient orientation. Third, the perceptions of patient orientation were positively linked to the perceptions of service quality. Fourth, HPWS were linked to healthcare staffs` perceptions of service quality both directly and indirectly through their perceptions of patient orientation. These findings implied that HPWS would be a way of survival in drastically changing hospital environments.

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