Abstract:
Background: Perceptions of human resource management practices are formal and informal
people-management practices that are designed and implemented to ensure that an
organization's human capital contributes to the achievement of its objectives. Knowing the
perception of the health professionals about human resource management practice helps the
manager to take measure on factors associated with poor perception. So it is rational to
assess health professional’s perception on human resource management practices.
Objective: The overall objective of this study was to assess the perception of health
professionals towards human resource management practice and associated factors.
Methods: An institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted where both quantitative
and qualitative methods were employed from May 15 to June 5, 2022.The total sample size of
the study was 211 participants &10 key informants were included. The data was entered by
EPI data 3.1 and analysed by SPSS 25 and descriptive statistics were used to present the
findings. Then, a binary and multi-variable logistic regression analysis was done. A
significant association was declared the p-value is less than 0.05. Qualitative data were
analysed manually, and the results was narrated by triangulating with respective dimensions.
Finally, the results were summarized and presented with the AOR and the corresponding
95%CI.
Results: A total of 211 participants were involved in this study, with a response rate of 100%.
Among the respondents, 116(55%) perceived human resource management practice (HRMP)
as good. while 45% perceived human resource management practice as poor. Poor training
and development of health professions on human resource management functions [(AOR =
3.796 (95%CI, 1.411-10.215)], and poor health workforce planning on human resource
management department functions [(AOR = 2.812 (95%CI, 1.267-6.242)] influenced
respondents' perceptions of human resource management practice. as well as poor human
resource management function performance appraisal [AOR = 2.503 (95% CI 1.137-5.510].
Conclusion: This study found that significant numbers of the health professionals perceived
human resource management practice was poor. There was poor practice on training and
development, as well as health workforce planning and performance appraisal practice,
affected respondents' perceptions of HRMP. As a result, being involved in those associated
factors is crucial to achieving organizational goals.
