Relationship between High Performance Work System and Patient Safety: Study on Saudi Arabia Public Hospitals


  •  Alotaibi Eqab Aiyadh    
  •  Rushami Zien Yusoff    
  •  Omar Zayyan AlSharqi    
  •  Ebrahim Mohammed Al-Matari    

Abstract

This paper investigated Relationship between High Performance work system and patient safety in Saudi Arabia Public Hospitals. Patient safety is a critical indicator of the quality of healthcare system, and reflects the degree to which performances comply with systems and guidelines which haven’t negative impact on patient health. High performance work system which is designed to enhance employees’ commitment and skills and ultimately improve organizational performance. The aim of this study is the analyzing of high performance work system and patient safety in Saudi Arabia hospitals. In order to achieve the study objective in the present study, a cross-sectional survey design using a self-administered questionnaire will be carried out. Questionnaires distributed to the nurses managers in Saudi Arabia Hospitals. A quantitative research design was adopted to collect data. Out of 254 questionnaires returned which are content to 202 questionnaires returned from 112 general hospitals and 52 from 33 specialist hospitals only 217 questionnaires used for analysis. The Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). The findings showed the relationship between High Performance work system and patient safety was positively supported.


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