Compatibility of Interest and Personality Profile of Urban Health Extension Workers with Current Practices in Addis Ketema, Yeka and Gulele Sub cities, Addis Abeba
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2014-09
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The main focus of the study was to explore the relationship between job performance and initial
interest as well as personality of Urban Health Extension Workers in Gulele, Yeka and Addis
Ketema sub cities. To arrive at the intended target a descriptive in its nature and a health facility
based cross-sectional design was employed and using quantitative approaches. The study
participants were women urban health extension workers whose employment period greater than
six months. In this study some appropriate statistical tools like percentage, means, standard
deviation, correlation and multiple regression method was used. Accordingly results indicated
that social, enterprising interest and extrovert personality had correlation with awareness
creation; introvert, conventional and investigative occupational interest had positively
correlated with documentation. Social occupational interest and extrovert personalities found to
be the predictor of the overall achievement of Urban Health Extension workers. However, the
community culture of Ethiopia need to be considered as the extrovert people may be taken
talkative and unstable which affect the acceptability of the community. Thus, the supervisor
advice before deployment of this people and follow up is highly required. Human resources
managers and related professionals can use these finding to selecting and appointing Urban
Health Extension Workers to achieve the desire goal