Date of Conferral
2017
Degree
Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.)
School
Management
Advisor
Peter Anthony
Abstract
Staff turnover is high in the hospital industry, influencing health care administration leaders to implement successful strategies to decrease staff turnover. The purpose of this case study was to explore successful strategies to reduce hospital employee turnover. Five health care leaders from Raleigh, North Carolina hospitals were in the sample drawn from the population of medical professionals with successful employee retention in their hospital settings. The conceptual framework for this study was the Herzberg dual-factor theory with the supporting theory, Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory, and the opposing theory, Vroom's expectancy theory. Semistructured interviews occurred with 5 leaders. The review of hospital human resource documents, website pages, and training program information combined with interview data for methodological triangulation using the Yin 5-step process, leading to 5 themes. Participants emphasized selective recruitment and hiring with a focus on hiring employees for a good organizational fit. Participants discussed different ways of engaging, supporting, and motivating hospital employees. Strategies included valuing employees, effective communication, recognition, and respect. Participants identified a fair, flexible, collaborative, and safe organizational culture as ideal for the retention of hospital employees who fit with the hospital environment. Reducing employee turnover may improve customer relations and quality of care in hospitals, leading to lower health care costs, representing positive social change for hospital employees and the patients served.
Recommended Citation
Kirk, Malee, "Strategies for Health Care Administration Leaders to Reduce Hospital Employee Turnover" (2017). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 3692.
https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3692
