ÇALIŞMAYA TUTKUNLUK DÜZEYİNİN HASTANE TÜRÜ, HASTANE LOKASYONU VE BAZI SOSYO-DEMOGRAFİK-MESLEKİ ÖZELLİKLERE GÖRE İNCELENMESİ
ANALYSİS OF THE LEVEL OF WORK ENGAGEMENT DEPENDİNG ON THE HOSPİTAL TYPE, HOSPİTAL LOCATİON AND SOME SOCİO-DEMOGRAPHİC-OCCUPATİONAL CHARACTERİSTİCS

Summary/Abstract: Aim: The aim of this research is to examine whether the level of work engagement differs depending on the hospital type and hospital location, and on some socio-demographic and occupational characteristics of the health personnel.Method: The research sample group consists of 659 non-physician employees working in three training and research hospitals, two state hospitals, one special-branch hospital in Istanbul and one state hospital in Kırklareli. The UWES-17 scale developed by Schaufeli et al. (2002) was used to measure the level of work engagement. Exploratory Factor Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis were used to analyze the factor structure of the scale. Analysis of the research data was performed with SPSS 23 and AMOS 23 software. Findings: Whereas the level of work engagement differs significantly depending on the socio-demographic and occupational characteristics of the employees and hospital location, it doesn't significantly differ depending on the hospital type.Result: The health personnel working in a hospital located in a smaller city which suffers less from urban problems like busy traffic and high patient density, has a significantly higher level of work engagement compared to those working in hospitals in Istanbul

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