Elliot Michael, Cullen Margaret, Calitz Andre P
Business School, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa.
Department of Computing Sciences, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa.
S Afr J Physiother. 2018 Mar 28;74(1):421. doi: 10.4102/sajp.v74i1.421. eCollection 2018.
Happiness of people can affect their daily functioning and work performance. There is limited research assessing the happiness levels of various disciplines within the health care industry. This article is the first attempt to evaluate the happiness levels of private sector physiotherapists in South Africa.
Research in happiness and physiotherapy studies are two research areas that are not associated with one another in a global perspective. The objective of this study was to assess the happiness levels of private sector physiotherapists in South Africa.
A hypothesised model was statistically tested using a quantitative questionnaire, which was completed online. The target population of this study were all private sector physiotherapists who are members of the South African Society of Physiotherapy. A total of 395 respondents participated in the study.
This study confirmed that factors such as and are all positively associated with the happiness levels of private sector physiotherapists in South Africa. These variables are recommended as key focus areas for physiotherapy practice owners to address, in order to positively affect the happiness levels of all people in their workplace.
The study concludes the following: if happiness becomes a priority, then owners of physiotherapy practices need to generate a workforce who are more productive, demonstrate greater collaboration with colleagues and patients, are more positively energised, are less absent and are more loyal to the practice.
The contribution of this study is that it highlights the importance of managing staff in private physiotherapy practices in a holistic manner.
人们的幸福感会影响其日常功能和工作表现。评估医疗保健行业内各学科幸福感水平的研究有限。本文首次尝试评估南非私营部门物理治疗师的幸福感水平。
在全球范围内，幸福感研究和物理治疗研究是两个互不相关的研究领域。本研究的目的是评估南非私营部门物理治疗师的幸福感水平。
使用在线完成的定量问卷对一个假设模型进行统计检验。本研究的目标人群是南非物理治疗师协会的所有私营部门物理治疗师。共有395名受访者参与了该研究。
本研究证实，诸如……等因素均与南非私营部门物理治疗师的幸福感水平呈正相关。建议将这些变量作为物理治疗业务所有者需要关注的关键重点领域，以积极影响其工作场所所有人的幸福感水平。
该研究得出以下结论：如果将幸福感作为优先事项，那么物理治疗业务所有者需要打造一支更高效、与同事和患者协作性更强、积极性更高、缺勤率更低且对业务更忠诚的员工队伍。
本研究的贡献在于强调了以整体方式管理私营物理治疗业务中员工的重要性。
