Sustainable Management, Instable Legislation Regarding Wages, and Employee Satisfaction/Motivation in Two Romanian Hospitals

Codrin Dan Nicolae Ilea, Lucia Georgeta Daina, Simona Bungau, Delia Mirela Tit, Diana Uivarosan, Lavinia Moleriu, Ion Petre, Constantin Bungau and Izabella Petre
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Codrin Dan Nicolae Ilea: Department of Preclinical Disciplines, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 1 December Sq., 410081 Oradea, Romania
Lucia Georgeta Daina: Department of Psycho-neurosciences and Recovery, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 1 December Sq., 410081 Oradea, Romania
Simona Bungau: Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 29 N. Jiga St., 410028 Oradea, Romania
Delia Mirela Tit: Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 29 N. Jiga St., 410028 Oradea, Romania
Diana Uivarosan: Department of Preclinical Disciplines, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 1 December Sq., 410081 Oradea, Romania
Lavinia Moleriu: Department III Functional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 2 Eftimie Murgu Sq., 300041 Timisoara, Romania
Ion Petre: Doctoral School, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, West University of Timisoara, 16 J.H. Pestalozzi Street, 300115 Timisoara, Romania
Constantin Bungau: Department of Engineering and Management, Faculty of Management and Technological Engineering, University of Oradea, 410087 Oradea, Romania
Izabella Petre: Department XII of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Victor Babeş” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 2 Eftimie Murgu Sq., 300041 Timisoara, Romania

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 3, 1-17

Abstract: The aim of our study is to evaluate the employees’ level of satisfaction/motivation in two Romanian public hospitals in the context of numerous changes of the legislation concerning the level of payment of the employees working in the healthcare system, and to reveal the characteristics of a proper, sustainable management in this type of public healthcare unit. During 2015–2018, 4945 questionnaires were distributed to the staff of both hospitals, processed, and analyzed. In the Clinical County Emergency Hospital of Oradea, the analysis of the questionnaires showed a decrease in motivation (from 94.63% in 2017 to 79.14% in 2018). In the Timisoara County Clinical Emergency Hospital, for all the categories tested, there was a slight increase of the motivation. All the professional categories showed a degree of satisfaction with ascending evolution. Motivations of a different kind than the financial one, reinforced by the hospital’s management in recent years, have led to a general degree of employee satisfaction, 96.95% of them being satisfied that they work in the hospital. In the current unstable legislative context, financial motivation cannot be influenced by the management of public hospitals; therefore, the most appropriate measures that are needed must be geared towards increasing non-financial motivation.

Keywords: sustainable management; instable legislation; wages; employees’ satisfaction/motivation; hospital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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