scholarly journals Leaders’ Emotional Intelligence and Employees’ Performance: A Case in Nigeria’s Public Healthcare Sector

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adebukola Esther Oyewunmi ◽  
Olabode Adeleke Oyewunmi ◽  
Ibiyinka Stella Ojo ◽  
Olumuyiwa Akinrole Oludayo
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Analytical Tool ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Public Healthcare Sector ◽  
Multiple Challenges ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Sector Data

Undoubtedly, multiple competencies are essential for effective leadership and identifying specific competencies that will foster employees’ performance, is a veritable venture. This study explores the impact of leaders’ emotional intelligence on employees’ performance within Nigeria’s public healthcare sector and also provides perspective on the contextual underpinnings. It adopts the survey method and randomly samples leaders and employees within the sector. Data analyses using the t-test and hierarchical regression analytical tool, reveals a significant correlation between the emotional intelligence of leaders and the performance of employees. The study finds that the task of leadership, coupled with the multiple challenges within Nigeria’s public healthcare sector, requires a reasonable measure of emotional intelligence in order to facilitate employees’ performance.

scholarly journals The worthiness of corporate governance in public sector the case of public healthcare sector in Greece

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 490-501
Author(s):  
Georgios K. Papachristou ◽  
Michail K. Papachristou
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Control System ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Corporate Governance Code ◽  
Public Healthcare Sector ◽  
The Impact

The objective of this paper is to measure the worthiness which the compliance of governance norms will provide to public organizations. We introduce the principles of corporate governance that should characterize the function of public sector and our analysis focuses on public hospitals. Sending appropriate designed questionnaires to an adequate sample of Greek public hospitals, we measure and analyze the impact that the implementation of a corporate governance code would have to hospitals’ administration, control system and communication with stakeholders. According to research’s results the implementation of a corporate governance code by public hospitals could add value to the provided healthcare services.

scholarly journals Normalizing difference: Emotional intelligence and diversity management competence in healthcare managers

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adebukola E. Oyewunmi
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Diversity Management ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Diverse Workforce ◽  
Southwest Nigeria ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Management Competency

Purpose: Diversity is synonymous with difference. The diverse workforce presents an array of complexities which necessitates the deployment of specific managerial competencies. Empirical evidences have indicated the role of emotional intelligence in the enhancement of abilities. Thus, this study investigated the relationship between emotional intelligence and diversity management competency amongst healthcare managers in Southwest Nigeria. Design: The descriptive survey method was adopted for the study. A total of 360 respondents completed the structured questionnaire titled Emotional Intelligence and Diversity Management Competency Questionnaire (EIDMCQ). Data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics such as, Multiple Regression Analyses and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Statistical methods. Findings: A positive correlation was found between emotional intelligence and diversity management competency. Gender, ethnicity, and age, did not moderate the relationship between emotional intelligence and diversity management competency. Practical Implications: As difference is the reality of modern organizations, it is important to conceptualize it as normal and positive. Emotional intelligence is recommended as a critical tool to normalize the individual perceptions of difference. The re-assessment of the functions of managers must be followed by total commitment to capacity building in emotional intelligence, as well as the re-engineering of organizational and national cultures to promote equal opportunities, inclusion and diversity leveraging. Originality/value: This study pioneers research on emotional intelligence and diversity management competency in Nigeria’s public healthcare sector. It conceptualizes diversity management on an individual- managerial level. Practical interventions are provided to enhance the application of specific competencies to optimize a diverse workplace. 

scholarly journals Dispositional Resistance to Change and User Resistance Behaviour to Use Human Resources Information Systems in the Healthcare Sector: The Moderating Role of Conscientiousness

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 565-572
Keyword(s):  
Resistance To Change ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Behavioural Intention ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
User Resistance ◽  
Public Healthcare Sector

The aim of this study is to predict the perspective of the end-user's resistance for using HRIS application in the context of public healthcare sector in Saudi Arabia. It attempts to open the black box of dispositional resistance to change (DRTC) by conceptualizing it as a dimension set. Furthermore, this study will incorporate the moderating effect of conscientiousness from big five factors of personality traits. Which will provide a better explanation about the influence of DRTC, and an accurate weight of effects caused by the end-user differences. The results were obtained using the survey method, involving 373 responses. The structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to test the hypotheses. The result showed that routine seeking influenced both perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness, and that both of perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness significantly predicted behavioural intention, also that Conscientiousness moderate the relationship between behavioural intention and user resistance behaviour. Theoretically, the study suggests that end user’s resistance could be investigated and understood via various theories in a single model. The findings suggest that managers and system developers need to engage the end-users in developing HRIS in the public healthcare sector.

scholarly journals Sales of antibiotics and hydroxychloroquine in India during the COVID-19 epidemic: An interrupted time series analysis

PLoS Medicine ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
pp. e1003682
Author(s):  
Giorgia Sulis ◽  
Brice Batomen ◽  
Anita Kotwani ◽  
Madhukar Pai ◽  
Sumanth Gandra
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Interrupted Time Series ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Interrupted Time Series Analysis ◽  
Drug Study ◽  
Negative Change ◽  
Public Healthcare Sector ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Epidemic Wave

Background We assessed the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic in India on the consumption of antibiotics and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in the private sector in 2020 compared to the expected level of use had the epidemic not occurred. Methods and findings We performed interrupted time series (ITS) analyses of sales volumes reported in standard units (i.e., doses), collected at regular monthly intervals from January 2018 to December 2020 and obtained from IQVIA, India. As children are less prone to develop symptomatic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, we hypothesized a predominant increase in non-child-appropriate formulation (non-CAF) sales. COVID-19-attributable changes in the level and trend of monthly sales of total antibiotics, azithromycin, and HCQ were estimated, accounting for seasonality and lockdown period where appropriate. A total of 16,290 million doses of antibiotics were sold in India in 2020, which is slightly less than the amount in 2018 and 2019. However, the proportion of non-CAF antibiotics increased from 72.5% (95% CI: 71.8% to 73.1%) in 2019 to 76.8% (95% CI: 76.2% to 77.5%) in 2020. Our ITS analyses estimated that COVID-19 likely contributed to 216.4 million (95% CI: 68.0 to 364.8 million; P = 0.008) excess doses of non-CAF antibiotics and 38.0 million (95% CI: 26.4 to 49.2 million; P < 0.001) excess doses of non-CAF azithromycin (equivalent to a minimum of 6.2 million azithromycin treatment courses) between June and September 2020, i.e., until the peak of the first epidemic wave, after which a negative change in trend was identified. In March 2020, we estimated a COVID-19-attributable change in level of +11.1 million doses (95% CI: 9.2 to 13.0 million; P < 0.001) for HCQ sales, whereas a weak negative change in monthly trend was found for this drug. Study limitations include the lack of coverage of the public healthcare sector, the inability to distinguish antibiotic and HCQ sales in inpatient versus outpatient care, and the suboptimal number of pre- and post-epidemic data points, which could have prevented an accurate adjustment for seasonal trends despite the robustness of our statistical approaches. Conclusions A significant increase in non-CAF antibiotic sales, and particularly azithromycin, occurred during the peak phase of the first COVID-19 epidemic wave in India, indicating the need for urgent antibiotic stewardship measures.

scholarly journals Shifting consciousness and challenging power: Women activists and the provision of HIV/AIDS services

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shauna Mottiar ◽  
Vuyiseka Dubula
Keyword(s):  
Women Activists ◽  
Hiv Treatment ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Civil Society Organisations ◽  
Public Healthcare Sector ◽  
Keywords Hiv ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Roll Out ◽  
Hiv Aids

ABSTRACT In 2003, the South African government shifted AIDS policy making HIV treatment available in the public healthcare sector. The antiretroviral roll out, while hailed as a success, has required continued activism to ensure genuine implementation. Women particularly the poor, traditionally bear the brunt of the impact of HIV/AIDS socially and economically. Very often they do this in most marginalised spaces. This paper draws on theories of participation and empowerment to understand female activism during the period of antiretroviral roll out in South Africa. The paper seeks to understand how processes of empowerment linked with the first stage - access to ARVs impacted on the second stage - ARV roll out .It also considers how female activists understand their empowerment in the context of their role. The focus is grassroots activism females in Lusikisiki and Khayelitsha. This paper draws from a qualitative study on bottom-up policy advocacy utilising participatory observation and in-depth interviews with activists and civil society organisations. The main findings are that during the roll out phase of the HIV/AIDS campaign women activists worked from transformed "ways of thinking and being" in terms of HIV/AIDS and in terms of their role in the struggle for health rights. Their contesting embedded notions of power contributed to the democratisation of HIV/AIDS services. The transformation also caused shifts in the ways women mobilised, framed their understanding of the struggle and accessed participation spaces. Keywords: HIV, AIDS, ARVs, health activism, gender power.

Job satisfaction, dual practice and intention to work abroad in the Serbian public healthcare sector

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (suppl_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Šantric Milicevic ◽  
M Gacevic ◽  
N Milic ◽  
M Milicevic ◽  
M Vasic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Dual Practice ◽  
Public Healthcare Sector ◽  
Work Abroad

scholarly journals How healthcare structures and communication delivery influence trust: a parallel-group randomized controlled trial

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Cantarutti ◽  
Emmanuel M. Pothos
Keyword(s):  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Random Order ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
The Public ◽  
Private Healthcare ◽  
Public Healthcare Sector ◽  
Parallel Group ◽  
Therapy Compliance ◽  
Study Offer

Abstract Background According to recent polling, public trust in the healthcare sector remains low relative to other industries globally. The implications of low healthcare trust permeate throughout the industry in a number of ways, most visibly by discouraging therapy compliance. Methods This study investigated four putative determinants of trust in healthcare-related scenarios: individuals vs. collective groups as communicators of healthcare advice; expert vs. laypeople as providers of healthcare communication; public vs. private healthcare sector; and positive vs. negative information. Two hundred seventy-four participants were recruited via Prolific Academic and were presented with four statements in random order, related to a positive reflection of the public healthcare sector, a negative reflection of the public healthcare sector, a positive reflection of the private healthcare sector and a negative reflection of the private healthcare sector. According to these reflection, participants were repeatedly asked to rate the system on its trustworthiness. Trust outcomes were constructed using a four-dimension framework, consisting of benevolence, reliability, competence and predictability. Results Claims relating to the public sector had a significantly stronger impact on benevolence and reliability than claims relating to the private sector; claims from individuals had a significantly stronger impact on all trust variables than claims from collectives; and claims from laypeople had a significantly greater impact on reliability and competence ratings than claims from experts. Conclusions The findings in this study offer insight into the patterns with which trust decisions are made in healthcare contexts. More importantly, this research offers a novel perspective of how different factors interact to affect the various facets of trust. These results provide a foundation for future study in this evolving area, and offer insights into designing effective communication strategies that cultivate greater levels of individual trust in the healthcare sector.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document