Ogoun, H.
Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Administration and Management, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
mayogoun@gmail.com; helen-mayogoun@ndu.edu.ng
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Gabriel, J. M. O.
Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Administration and Management, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
ABSTRACT
This study explored the relationship between training and work humanization in federal teaching hospitals in South-South, Nigeria. This was informed by the need to contribute to mitigating the myriads of human resource challenges affecting the sector leading to an upsurge outbound migration skilled workforce in the sector. The domain of training (on-the-job and off-the-job) were operationalized against employee empowerment, empathy and flexible work options as measures of work humanization. Based on the cross-sectional survey design, a sample of 387 units was determined and purposely drawn from the study’s population of 12,295 senior staffers from the four facilities domiciled in the delineated study area. The data obtained via a purposely crafted research instrument was subjected to descriptive statistical analyses and the Spearman Rank Order Correlation tool was deployed for the testing of the espoused hypotheses. The findings revealed the existence of a significant relationship between training and work humanization. Following, the study concluded that training significantly influences work humanization within the context of the study. Therefore, it is recommended that management of teaching hospitals should scaleup their staff training activities towards having more empowered workforce, should craft specific and empathy targeted content in their training programmes towards creating a humanistic ambience in their work environment.
Keywords: Training, work humanization, employee empowerment, empathy, flexible work options.
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