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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Internal Quality and Job Satisfaction in Health Care Services.

Aspasia Goula, Theodoros Rizopoulos, Maria-Aggeliki Stamouli, Martha Kelesi, Evridiki Kaba, Sotirios Soulis

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aspasia GoulaDepartment of Business Administration, School of Administrative, Economics and Social Sciences, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-4246-9627
Theodoros RizopoulosDepartment of Business Administration, School of Administrative, Economics and Social Sciences, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, Greece.
Maria-Aggeliki StamouliDepartment of Business Administration, School of Administrative, Economics and Social Sciences, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-3700-4489
Martha KelesiDepartment of Nursing, School of Health and Care Sciences, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, Greece.
Evridiki KabaDepartment of Nursing, School of Health and Care Sciences, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-8253-6551
Sotirios SoulisDepartment of Business Administration, School of Administrative, Economics and Social Sciences, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, Greece.
University of West Attica · GR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Background: The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the health services' internal quality level in Greek public hospitals and to investigate whether there is a relation between internal quality and health care professionals' job satisfaction. (2) Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in six public hospitals (four general and two specialized hospitals). The following tools were used to collect data: (a) the SERVQUAL questionnaire, which is designed to measure service quality through five dimensions, and (b) the Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS) questionnaire, which is designed to measure employees' job satisfaction. Convenience sampling was used as a sampling technique. (3) Results: The level of internal quality service was found to be low as regards the dimensions of: reliability, assurance, responsiveness, and empathy, while the "tangibles" dimension was the only one which was assessed as having a satisfactory internal quality level. Τhe results also revealed a positive correlation between the job satisfaction subscales and the quality dimensions. Regarding demographic characteristics and their effect on employees' perceptions of internal quality dimensions, the study found that the gender and the educational factor had no effect while younger employees have a more positive perception of the quality of responsiveness dimension in the health organizations where they work. In terms of profession, administrative staff had a lower perception of the quality of tangibles dimension than doctors and nurses. Concerning years of experience, the results indicated that employees with more previous working experience had a worse perception of the quality of reliability, responsiveness, and assurance dimensions. (4) Conclusions: According to the results, establishing a sense of trust and understanding between management and health professionals through effective communication, transparent evaluation, and reward is critical to developing, enhancing, and promoting an internal quality culture in a hospital setting.

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Hospitals, PublicJob SatisfactionCross-Sectional StudiesDelivery of Health CareHealth ServicesHumansPatient SatisfactionQuality of Health CareReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and Questionnaireshealth managementinternal customers’ perceptioninternal marketinginternal service qualityjob satisfaction

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PMID35162517
PMCPMC8835078
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