English

Sudian Al Badi Khalid

doi:10.5897/ajbm2013.7173

Abstract

This study examined the motivation effects of organizational commitment (OC) and organizational engagement (OE) on the relationship between human resource (HR) practices (motivation of staff, empowerment of staff, goal-setting motivations, safety motivations, environmental motivations) and resignation intention. The study covered almost 95% of Al Buraimi hospital’s foreign staff (325 people) (not including Omani staff) in Sultanate of Oman. Each completed survey was treated in a fair and confidential manner without mentioning the name or position of the staff members. We made sure that every staff member participating knew about these procedures of collecting and gathering data. It was found that all the variables used to measure HR practices in terms of motivation factors have significant effects on OC and OE. However, multiple regression analyses indicated that career management and job control have a significant influence on resignation intention. OC and OE have major effects on the relationship between HR regarding motivation issue and resignation intention.   Key words: Sultanate of Oman, resignation, motivation, public health sector, human resources, hospital, organizational commitment.

Highlights

Managing people is an issue for any manager
Based on the interviews we have done, we discovered some findings, which are mentioned above; these findings are the keys to getting more knowledge about the medical professional staff members’ motivational problems, which lead them to resign and look for another place to work in Al Ain city
When we were going through the feedback procedures at the hospital, we found that they do not send regular feedback to their staff but send feedback on request only

Summary

INTRODUCTION

Managing people is an issue for any manager. This process has been discussed in a lot of theories across the history of management such as content theory, Abraham. Al Buraimi hospital in Oman is a very sensitive place in terms of providing a high quality of service because it deals with people’s lives It is vital for any health care organization to have considered the factors necessary to be successful, and the main factor here is to have skilled manpower. Al Buraimi and Al Ain hospitals, we can notice a huge difference; Al Ain hospital salaries reach up to four times those of Al Buraimi hospital This creates job dissatisfaction for medical professional staff, but if this issue were solved it would not necessarily make staff satisfied; it would be a short-term solution. Sometimes patients do not get any diagnosis or treatment at all because of the huge number of them and the limited doctors available This hospital is supposed to provide health care services for Al Buraimi city people and for those who are in transit.

METHODOLOGY

Findings

Environmental motivations