Assessment of Health Personnel’s Opinions About Diversity Management: Case of A Public Hospital

Authors : Elif ARSLAN, Gökhan ABA

Pages : 276-283

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Publication Date : 2018-12-28

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Objective: The purpose of this research was to determine the diversity perception between the healthcare professionals within the scope of the diversity management and also to review whether there was a relationship between the demographic features of these professionals and the diversity climate. Methods: 381 healthcare staffs who were working in a public hospital in Istanbul District attended to this descriptive research. The research data was obtained by the face to face meeting method via the survey. The results of the study was analyzed by SPSS program, and the significance level was accepted as p<0,05. Results: The attendees mentioned that the first differentness factors that separate a person from another were respectively the character insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(65,1%);, education insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(47,5%); and culture insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(46,5%);. The attendees who have higher monthly income perceived the differentness climate as more favorable in comparison with the attendees with lower income. This positive perception was seen as higher in physicians than the nurses and the midwives. The attendees who born in Istanbul perceived the diversity climate as more positive than the attendees who born out of Istanbul. Conclusion: It was found in this survey that the available demographic variables did not occur a significant difference in the diversity perception. The employees who work in the health sector need to work concertedly with each other. The individual differences which apart from the unconvertible differences such as age and gender; and cause conflicts and unjustness between them should be eliminated or minimized.
Keywords : Diversity, Diversity Management, Healthcare Personnel