Health care professionals working in public and private hospitals
Organizational justice is the first virtue in a social system, and it is one of the most decisive factors for effective utilization of human resources and an important predictor of organizational success.
Employees who perceive fairness are more likely to be satisfied with their work and less likely to leave the organization. On the other hand, when injustice is perceived, workers are less motivated to perform their duties. The human resource aspect is rarely emphasized in Ethiopia as the focus has been on expanding health care institutions and increasing the number of health professionals.
197 health care professionals were
participated in the study and data was collected through self-report questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. Quantitative data was analyzed through MANOVA, multiple regression, and independent samples t-test, and qualitative data was analyzed through thematic analysis.
The results of the study were
The study revealed that health care providers in public hospitals have lower perceptions of distributive, procedural, interpersonal, and informational justice. Similarly, health care workers in private hospitals had lower perceptions of distributive and procedural justice. On the contrary, health care workers in private hospitals reported higher perceptions of interpersonal and informational justice aspects and fairness.
Healthcare workers in both public and private hospitals had high turnover intentions, resulting in a significant difference in perceptions of organizational justice between healthcare workers in private and public hospitals. Organizational justice dimensions (distributive procedures, interpersonal and informational justice) significantly contributed an additional 9.9% variation in metabolic turnover intention and distributive justice was the most important predictor of turnover intention.
Distributive justice refers to
It refers to the knowledge that is learned and the rewards that are earned from it.
It means that health care professionals who have a lot of clinical experience and who are eager to learn are not being paid what they are worth.
People who are dissatisfied with this part of the system quit immediately, he said.
What is informational justice?
Information justice is information presented by a person in a position such as the director.If you are dissatisfied with informational justice, it means that the information is not clear, appropriate, or timely.
It is likely that the information is released late, without immediate action being taken to address what is happening in the field.
What is interpersonal justice?
Disrespectful treatment by superiors or not.
If a supervisor treats a staff member unevenly, it may be challenged, but the recipient may not see it as a serious problem.
Mengstie, M.M. Perceived organizational justice and turnover intention among hospital healthcare workers. BMC Psychol 8, 19 (2020). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-020-0387-8
Conclusion
The timing of leaving or continuing to work is different for each individual, but some events can cause a turnover. The panic caused by the COVID-19 infection must have been disgusting for many healthcare workers.
It seems that the "bosses" in this study did not stay in the hospital in some cases, and in the case of Japan, healthcare workers quit when they are managed by people from the public health center or the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
I don't think this is something that can be said only about medical care, but it may be a matter that is emphasized more when it becomes a public matter.
