Work Engagement and Associated Factors among Health Professionals Working in Public Hospitals of Guji Zone, Oromia Regional State; South Ethiopia.

Abstract

Background:- Human resource is the most vital resources of any organization to achieving its ultimate goal and vision. Hence work engagement is the positive psychological attitude of employees work relation and crucial for sustainable organizational success in competitive advantage. Despite its vitality there is limited evidence on work engagement and associated factors in low income countries like Ethiopia including the study area. Objective:-To assess the magnitude of work engagement and associated factors among health professionals working in public hospitals of Guji zone Oromia regional state, South Ethiopia. Methods: Facility based cross- sectional study was conducted. Among 213 sampled health professionals working in Guji Zone public Hospitals from August 6, 2018 to September 12, 2018. Data were using self- administered pretested structured questionnaires. Simple random sampling technique was used to select the study participants. Epi-data version 3.1 was used for data entry and; then exported to SPSS version 20 software for analysis. Simple linear regression analysis was computed to identify candidate variables for multiple linear regressions. Finally multivariable linear regression analysis was performed; to assess the effect of independent variables on the outcome variable. Level of statistical significance was declared at P-value less than 0.05. Result: The magnitude of work engagement was 40.9%. Job characteristics (β: 0.421, 95%CI: 0.289_0.553), recognition and reward (β: 0.274, 95%CI: 0.053_0.495), and organizational justice (β: 0.176, 95%CI: 0.018_0.334) were associated with work engagement. As job characteristics increased by one unit; work engagement score is increased by 0.421 score. Similarly a unit increase in recognition and reward, and organizational justice produced 0.274 and 0.176 score increase in health professionals work engagement respectively. Conclusion: The magnitude of health professionals work engagement was high. Job characteristics, recognition and reward, and organizational justices were strong positive predictors of work engagement. Hospitals management and the governing boards should attentively concern to increase the magnitude of health professionals work engagement.