Study of the impact of intro ductio n of employee benefits in pharmacy institutio n on incentive of pharmacy pro fessio nals

Abstract

This article analyzes the significance of the employee benefits in pharmacy institutions and their impact on the incentive system of pharmacy professionals (PP). A study of implementation of employee benefits in the pharmacy institutions was conducted, it consisted of three phases. Usage of employee benefits abroad was analyzed at the first phase, and their variety and popularity among employees was also established. Analysis of employee benefits usage in Ukraine was conducted at the second phase, and the major problems of their implementation were also found out. The third phase was dedicated to the analysis of the employee benefits usage in the pharmacy institutions in Ukraine. As a part of this phase, a sociological study of 1000 PP was conducted in respect of major options of employee benefits, which they would like to have in their workplace; 170 experts were interviewed regarding the advices to implement employee benefits in the pharmacy institutions in Ukraine. “Model of the definition of expert “competence index” was developed and studied for the analysis of expert targeted assessments of employee benefits options for implementing in pharmacy institutions of different forms of ownership.Aim. To study the employee benefits influence on introduction in pharmacy institution on incentive of pharmacy professionals.Materials and methods. Methodical basis of this study is general scientific and applied scientific research methods, including: formal and logical one, method of expert assessments, system analysis, analogy and comparison methods, analysis of documents and results of sociological researches.Results. Current state of social security services of PP in Ukrainian pharmacy institutions and PP’s basic needs, which can be implemented as options of employee benefits that can be used in pharmacy institutions of different forms of ownership were studied in order to improve incentive of the staff. It has been found out that the introduction of employee benefits in a pharmacy institution have a positive impact on PP’s incentive. “Model of the definition of expert “competence index” was developed and studied.Conclusions. It has been established that currently the system of PP’s incentive in a pharmacy institution is inseparably associated with the introduction of employee benefits. It is proved that the introduction of a social package pharmacies have a positive impact on motivation SF and increasing effectiveness of social and interaction management pharmacies and SF.