Author(s): Elif Özdil Demirel,Bünyamin Akdemir / Language(s): Turkish
Issue: 4/2023
Purpose – This study aims to research whether there was any statistically significant difference in work engagement, organizational health, and organizational virtue levels of health workers as per demographic variables such as gender, education status, position title, work format, age, work duration at the health institution, and work duration in the profession. Design/methodology/approach – This research is a study using the general survey model, and in compliance with research objectives, it was configured on the basis of the descriptive model. The research was conducted with the participation of doctors, health staff other than doctors, and administrative staff serving in hospitals affiliated with the Ministry of Health of Turkey in downtown Muş, Bitlis, and Van in eastern Turkey, and hence, the research data were collected from a total of 1023 health workers. Research data were collected with a survey form that contained demographic variables, the Work Engagement Scale, the Organizational Health Scale, and the Organizational Virtue Scale. In the context of the research, the correlation test (Spearman’s correlation) was used, and also, the t-test (the Mann-Whitney U test) was utilized in the comparison of two groups whilst the one-way analysis of variance (the Kruskal-Wallis H test) was employed in the comparison of more than two groups. Findings – In the analyses, it was found that, firstly, there were statistically significant differences in health workers’ work engagement levels as per the variables of education status and work format, secondly, there were statistically significant differences in health workers’ organizational health levels as per the variables of gender, education status, position title, and work format, and thirdly, there were statistically significant differences in health workers’ organizational virtue levels as per the variables of education status and position title. Discussion – This study introduced the concepts of work engagement, organizational health, and organizational virtue, and revealed whether work engagement, organizational health, and organizational virtue differed as per health workers’ demographic characteristics. It is discerned that the findings of this study, which was conducted with the participation of health workers, were consistent with the results of certain previous studies whilst they contradicted the results of certain previous studies.
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