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ArticleInquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing

Onsite Versus Remote Working: The Impact on Satisfaction, Productivity, and Performance of Medical Call Center Workers.

Amjad Alfaleh, Abdullah Alkattan, Alaa Alageel, Mohammed Salah, Mona Almutairi, Khlood Sagor, Khaled Alabdulkareem

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amjad AlfalehDepartment of Research and Development, General Directorate of Medical Consultations, 37857Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-4375-8834
Abdullah AlkattanDepartment of Research and Development, General Directorate of Medical Consultations, 37857Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-5294-8088
Alaa AlageelDepartment of Research and Development, General Directorate of Medical Consultations, 37857Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammed SalahDepartment of Health Statistics, General Directorate of Primary Health Centers, 37857Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mona AlmutairiDepartment of Research and Development, General Directorate of Medical Consultations, 37857Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Khlood SagorDepartment of Research and Development, General Directorate of Medical Consultations, 37857Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Khaled AlabdulkareemResearch Department, Assistant Deputy Minister for Primary Healthcare, 37857Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation · RU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Job satisfaction is determined as the measure to know the individuals' feelings toward their work. The working conditions that can affect satisfaction and performance of the call center agents have received particular concern. This study aimed to determine the role of remote call center working on agents' satisfaction compared to onsite workers. A cross-section study was conducted between December 2020 and April 2021 that include 124 agents working in a governmental medical call center in Saudi Arabia. Each agent was receiving a questionnaire that investigates his/her satisfaction with the job nature, supervisor support, job autonomy, job productivity, and performance. Seventy-seven physicians working onsite were compared to forty-seven physicians remotely working in the medical call center. The mean age of the physicians included was 43.17 ± 8.4 years, and most of them were male (>70%), married (>85%), and family medicine specialists (>50%). The mean years of experience in the medical field of the physicians included was 16.87 ± 8.07 years, and the mean years of experience in the medical call center was 1.44 ± .97 years. Onsite agents were more satisfied concerning job nature, supervisor support, productivity, and performance compared to remote agents (70.82 vs 53.47%, 63.38 vs 55.05%, and 66.51 vs 56.03%, respectively). However, onsite agents were less satisfied regarding job autonomy than remote physicians (46.81 vs 53.19%,

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Call CentersPhysiciansAdultFemaleHumansJob SatisfactionMaleMiddle AgedPersonal SatisfactionSurveys and QuestionnairesTeleworkingjob satisfactionmedical call centeronsite workingperformanceremote workingSaudi Arabia

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PMID34825844
PMCPMC8640291
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