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Performance management in primary healthcare: Nurses' experiences.
Article in Curationis, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Challenges and solutions to nurse-delivered integrated primary health care in Nelson Mandela Bay.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2025Article
- Performance management and development system in South Africa, a necessary evil: Qualitative study.PloS one · 2025Article
- Characterising the performance measurement and management system in the primary health care systems of Malawi.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2024Article
- Professional nurses' perspectives of an ideal performance management process.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2024Article
- Unfair labour practice on staff in primary health care facilities, North West province, South Africa: A qualitative study.Curationis · 2022Article
- Management technology for implementing the Systematization of Nursing Care.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe use of the performance management (PM) system is highly contested by public servants in South Africa, although its value as essential to the appraisal and management of staff is undeniable.
objectivesThe aim of this study was to explore nurses' perceptions and experiences of the PM system at primary healthcare (PHC) facilities in relation to the current health system's reforms.
methodAn exploratory, descriptive and qualitative design was utilised. Participants were selected through purposive sampling. A semi-structured interview tool was used to collect data from 18 nurses in four sub-districts of Dr. Kenneth Kaunda district in the North West province. Data were analysed through thematic analysis.
resultsThe findings of this study confirmed that PM is implemented to some extent. However, various loopholes in its implementation threaten the accuracy and transparency of the system and leave it vulnerable to perceived organisational injustice and unfairness, with the objectivity of the system questioned. The limitations of the current PM system revealed by this study include (1) the lack of alignment with current health system reforms towards comprehensive and integrated care that demands person-centred care; (2) the system's usefulness for career progression, performance improvement and rewarding exceptional performance.
conclusionPerformance management is inadequately applied in PHC facilities at district level and needs to be realigned to include the appraisal of key attributes required for the current health system's reforms towards comprehensive and integrated care, including the provision of person-centred care, which is central for responding adequately to South Africa's changing disease profile towards multi-morbidity.
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