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. 2024 Jan 30:15:1304359.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1304359. eCollection 2024.

The influence of the merger process between two tertiary hospitals in Romania on job satisfaction among staff

Codrin Dan Nicolae Ilea  1 , Lucia Georgeta Daina  2 , Felicia Manole  3 , Mădalina Diana Daina  4 , Dorel Petru Tirt  4 , Anca Popa  5   6
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The influence of the merger process between two tertiary hospitals in Romania on job satisfaction among staff

Codrin Dan Nicolae Ilea et al. Front Psychol. .

Abstract

Aim: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the influence of the merger process of two tertiary hospitals located in the northwest of Romania on the professional satisfaction among medical and non-medical staff and to develop a standardized satisfaction questionnaire for romanian hospitals.

Methods: 1750 questionnaires distributed within County Clinical Emergency Hospital Bihor (CCEHBh) ten months and one year and four months after the merger process were analyzed.

Results: The percentage of staff who declare themselves satisfied with their work one year and four months after the merger is 80.14%. It has a downward trend compared to the result measured 10 months after the merger (86.14%) (χ2 test, p < 0.01). The aspects that were rated with the lowest percentage as satisfactory were the possibility of promotion (41.89%) and job security (53.38%). A statistically significant decrease was also recorded in the assessment of career prospects (from 81.49% to 74.73%, χ2 test, p < 0.0001).

Conclusions: Even if there was a decrease in job satisfaction between the two evaluated periods, we can state that the general level at the last measurement is a good one (4.07 out of a maximum of 5). There was no significant difference in job satisfaction 1 year and 4 months after the merger for staff in the merged unit (4.06) compared to staff in the absorbing unit (4.09). The questionnaire applied in 2023 is one that has proven validity and reliability, being a good starting point for creating a standardized questionnaire that could be implemented in the vast majority of hospitals in Romania. The application of the questionnaire at an interval of 3-6 months would highlight the result of the implemented measures and the trend of employee satisfaction within CCEHBh.

Keywords: job satisfaction; management; medical staff; merger; tertiary hospital.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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