ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE AND WORK VALUES AMONG EMPLOYEES OF HEALTH CARE SECTOR IN CHENNAI CITY

Abstract

The Indian health care Industry is going through a transition and the future is likely to see significant changes in the nature of provision of health care and the roles of various players in the industry. Hospitals are considered the focal points for health services delivery and consume nearly 30 per cent of the national health care budget. Lower cost is the main issue that weighs the balance heavily in favours of India. Nursing services form an integral part of any hospital. Nursing is both art and science and it’s a profession that calls for commitment, maturity (emotional) and an ability to access and synthesize information quickly and correctly. The nursing staffs acts as a bridge between doctor and patient. Nursing department works through nursing staff that is competent and humane in its functioning. The staffs provide assistance to doctors to carry out treatments efficiently. The nursing staffs works in operation theatre, intensive care unit, surgical intensive care unit, intensive cardiac care unit and outpatient wards and rooms. It is the goal of this research to determine the link between Organizational Climate and the level of Work Values in the Chennai Hospitals. The independent variable is Organizational Climate, and its sub variable is as follows 'Work Environment', 'Teamwork' and 'Autonomy', 'Challenging Job', 'Involvement', 'Planning and Decision Making', 'Innovation'. Work Values is the dependent variable, and its sub variables include 'Intrinsic', 'Extrinsic' and 'Altruistic', 'Status', 'Social'. This study is descriptive in nature, and data will be collected by a questionnaire distributed to 373 consumers in the Chennai Healthcare Hospitals. Multiple regression analysis will be employed to conduct the analysis in this study. We concluded from the outcomes of this study that there is a favourable association and considerable influence between Organizational Climate and Work Values within the Chennai Hospitals sector.