The Effect of Occupational Health and Safety on Employee Satisfaction in Selected Private Health Facilities in Addis Ababa
No Thumbnail Available
Date
2023-06
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Implementing occupational health and safety program in health facilities has a great benefit for the organization by improving employee’s satisfaction and ultimately patient care and outcome. The objective this study was to assess the effect of occupational health and safety on employee satisfaction in selected private health facilities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The data was collected from Adera medical and surgical center, Girum hospital, and Landmark hospital. Total populations size of the study was 206 and 136 participants were selected as a sample size. Individual respondents from each stratum were selected randomly. Structured self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. Among the selected 136 participants 82.3% of respondents completed and returned the questionnaire. Quantitative data was analyzed by using SPSS version 25 and a correlations and regression analysis were applied to determine the relationship between variables and how they are related. The descriptive result of this study revealed that both the satisfaction level of the employees and the occupational health and safety practices of the facilities, with the exception of ergonomics, is low. The regression result showed a positive and significant effect of OHS education & training, OHS leadership & management, and OHS policy & procedure on employee satisfaction. The effect of OHS ergonomics on employee satisfaction was not found to be statistically significant. The study concludes that private health facilities doesn’t have occupational health and safety policy and procedure to expected level, they lack OHS leadership & management, have inadequate education & training on OHS activities. The study recommended that, health facilities should have occupational health and safety policy & procedure, establish strong OHS leadership & management practices, and prepare a periodic OHS training & education for their staffs
Description
Keywords
Occupational health & safety