Work Environment Management and Sense of Health Security Among Healthcare Professionals

• Autorzy: Anna Albrychiewicz-Słocińska
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to present healthcare professionals' opinions on their sense of health security in relation to their jobs in the pandemic situation and to assess effectiveness of the work environment management. Design/methodology/approach: Management of Polish healthcare institutions, due to a strategic role of this sector and its connection with public finance, has been a source of numerous problems for many years. All weaknesses of the healthcare system in terms of human resources and organisation have been clearly exposed in the time of COVID-19 pandemic. Being faced with it, healthcare institutions and their employees struggle with problems of a greater work-related burden, arduous working conditions and continued concerns about their health and life. The research was conducted in December 2020 on a representative sample of healthcare professionals with the aim to identify their opinions on functioning in the workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic. For the research purposes, the CATI technique was applied with a Likert scale-based questionnaire. Findings: The research findings outline the work environments of healthcare professionals during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic and their effects on the sense of security. Research limitations/implications: Due to the period of the research conduct, its results have a unique quality and enable depicting the current situation and problems of the medical community as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, as the worldwide scale of the COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented situation considering its spread, the use of resources as well as organisational and political solutions, problem research literature on the subject was unavailable in the process of preparing the study. Practical implication: The conclusions of the research draw attention to the need of using modern technologies in strategic management of internal communication systems, especially during crises such as a pandemic. Originality/value: The results of the research give a unique picture of healthcare professionals' opinions referring to sense of health security and the state of the health system during the pandemic.(original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

PL

Środowisko pracy; Bezpieczeństwo i higiena pracy; Służba zdrowia; COVID-19

EN

Working environment; Health and safety at work; Health service; COVID-19

• Czasopismo: Zeszyty Naukowe. Organizacja i Zarządzanie / Politechnika Śląska
• Rocznik: 2022
• Numer: z. 159 Human Resource Management - Current Issues and Challenges = Zarządzanie zasobami ludzkimi - aktualne Problemy i wyzwania
• Strony: 11-25

Twórcy

autor

Anna Albrychiewicz-Słocińska

• Częstochowa University of Technology

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DOI

10.29119/1641-3466.2022.159.1