Abstract
Personnel Empowerment and Healthcare Sector
This study aimed at examining personnel empowerment studies applied within healthcare sector with a holistic approach. In this context, with analyzing related studies within literature, personnel empowerment effects on healthcare sector were summarized. It was seen that personnel empowerment had positive effect on important subjects for healthcare sector, such as organizational commitment, job satisfaction, organizational citizenship, patient safety, quality, job satisfaction, job motivation and it had decreasing effect on intention to leave current position. Additionally, it was seen personnel empowerment studies were mostly applied on nurses. Based on this study results, it can be said that developing strategies intended for personnel empowerment applications in healthcare institutions were essential. Moreover, given healthcare’s unique risks and characteristics, it is vital that delegation of authority shouldn’t be applied until necessary education and experiences are fulfilled.
Keywords
Healthcare Sector, Health Care Institutions, Empowerment.
