High-Involvement Work Systems Practices and their Role in Achieving Job Enrichment

An Analytical Study of the Views of a Sample of Eemployees in Private Hospitals in the Kurdistan Region- Iraq

Authors

  • Zana M. Sadq Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Koya University, Kurdistan Region of Iraq
  • Daroon F. Abdulla Department of Business Administration, College of Administration and Economics, University of Sulaymaniyah, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region of Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25156/ptjhss.v4n1y2023.pp280-296

Keywords:

High-Involvement Work Systems Practices, job enrichment, private hospitals, and Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Abstract

The current study aims to determine the relationship and impact between High-Involvement Work Systems Practices and the achievement of job enrichment. The descriptive analytical approach adopted to determine the theoretical framework for the study concepts and variables. The researchers used the questionnaire as a tool for collecting primary data from the study sample of (683) individuals taken from the study population represented by workers in (44) private hospitals in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The SPSS 24 statistical program was relied on to perform the required statistical analyzes such as finding frequencies, mean values, and standard deviations for the dimensions of the study variables, and testing the research hypotheses represented by correlation and influence using the AMOS 24 program. The study reached a set of conclusions, including the existence of a direct correlation with statistical significance and a positive effect between the study variables in the surveyed hospitals from the perspective of their staff. The study presented a set of recommendations, the most important of which is to enhance the dimensions of the practices of high containment work systems and the need to apply them in the environment of the health sector and other sectors. Which have a positive impact in achieving job enrichment and in line with the nature, cultures and structures of private hospitals, the study sample in particular, and business organizations in general.

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Published

2022-12-12

How to Cite

صادق ز. م. ., & عبدالله د. ف. . (2022). High-Involvement Work Systems Practices and their Role in Achieving Job Enrichment: An Analytical Study of the Views of a Sample of Eemployees in Private Hospitals in the Kurdistan Region- Iraq. Polytechnic Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 4(1), 280-296. https://doi.org/10.25156/ptjhss.v4n1y2023.pp280-296

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