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 Volume 11, Issue 2 (February 2024), Pages: 238-247

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 Original Research Paper

The influence of job satisfaction on retention of primary healthcare professionals in Tamil Nadu

 Author(s): 

 S. G. Balaji *, D. Charumathi, M. Riaz Ahmed, A. Appu

 Affiliation(s):

 Department of Management, MEASI Institute of Management, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

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  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3091-1879

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 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2024.02.025

 Abstract

Stability among healthcare professionals is considered critical to providing excellent care. Job satisfaction has a significant impact on the productivity and efficiency of human resources in the healthcare industry. This cross-sectional study examined the job satisfaction and retention intentions of healthcare professionals in primary healthcare centers in Tamil Nadu. Convenience sampling was used to collect data from 334 respondents using a validated structured questionnaire. The empirical research revealed that their work values were the most significant predictor of job satisfaction among PHC employees. On the other hand, time pressure had the least significant relationship with PHC employee satisfaction. The findings indicate that targeted interventions to enhance health workers' job satisfaction, reduce stress, and increase positive work values are essential to creating a positive work environment and increasing job satisfaction. This study adds to the literature on job satisfaction and retention of primary healthcare workers in Tamil Nadu. We recommend that healthcare managers promote and enforce PHC workers' work values to keep them positive. Work values and PHC workers' satisfaction and intention to stay have received little research attention. One of the first studies to empirically examine quality improvement, time pressure, commitment, compensation, and work values as dimensions of job satisfaction among health professionals in Tamil Nadu primary healthcare centers.

 © 2024 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords

 Work values, Engagement, Quality improvement, Job satisfaction, Staying intention

 Article history

 Received 4 September 2023, Received in revised form 5 January 2024, Accepted 4 February 2024

 Acknowledgment 

The financial and infrastructure support provided by MEASI Institute of Management, Chennai, India, is greatly appreciated.

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 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Balaji SG, Charumathi D, Ahmed MR, and Appu A (2024). The influence of job satisfaction on retention of primary healthcare professionals in Tamil Nadu. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 11(2): 238-247

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