Medical doctor's resignation from public sector employment in kenya: what are the underlined factors?

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dc.contributor.authorNjuguna, J. N.
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-20T07:11:11Z
dc.date.available2023-09-20T07:11:11Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.descriptionFull - text thesis
dc.description.abstractThe global shortage of healthcare workers has been cited as one of the impediments towards the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 3 on good health and well-being for all. The devolution of healthcare services in Kenya has made significant progress towards the achievement this goal amidst numerous challenges. One of these challenges has been the high attrition rate of medical doctors from public healthcare employment through resignation. For policy makers at the national and county levels to instigate strategic recruitment and retention policy measures, it will be paramount to have a good understanding of the reasons why the doctors are resigning. The purpose of this study was to establish why medical doctors resign from public sector employment in Kenya. The study specifically determined the individual, job-related, organizational and environmental factors in the resignation of medical doctors from public sector employment. It is anchored on the Herzberg’s two-factor theory. This study adopted a cross sectional descriptive research design and targeted medical doctors who have resigned from public sector employment in Kenya since the devolution of medicals services in 2013. 113 doctors were sampled through convenient sampling and primary data obtained from them using a self-administered semi-structured questionnaire. From the results, it was evident that job-related factors (B=1.252, p=0.046) added significantly to the model prediction but environmental factors (B=0.776, p= 0.107) and organizational factors (B = 0.303, p = 0.702) did not add significantly to the model. For individual factors that were examined, only age and education level were found to have a significant association with resignation of the medical doctors from the public service. Other individual factors such as gender, tenure and marital status were found not to have a significant association with resignation of medical doctors from the public service. This implies that only the job-related factors, and some individual factors lead to the resignation of medical doctors from the public service. There is a need for public healthcare management to initiate further programs to understand why doctors and other healthcare workers are quitting public service as well as identify issues that may attract and retain healthcare workers. The study has provided recommendations future research and improving practice.
dc.identifier.citationNjuguna, J. N. (2023). Medical doctor’s resignation from public sector employment in kenya: What are the underlined factors? [Strathmore University]. http://hdl.handle.net/11071/13501
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11071/13501
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherStrathmore University
dc.titleMedical doctor's resignation from public sector employment in kenya: what are the underlined factors?
dc.typeThesis
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