Effect of Human Resources Management Training Program for Nurse Managers on Staff Nurses’ Attitudes toward Organizational Change
- 1 Nursing Administration Department, Faculty of Nursing, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
- 2 Nursing Administration Department, Faculty of Nursing, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
- 3 Nursing Administration Department, Faculty of Nursing, Port-Said University, Port-Said, Egypt
Abstract
Background: Many organizations especially health care depend on human resource management (HRM) practices to support an ongoing organizational change and affect employee attitudes towards change, as well as support positive employee behavior. Aim of the Study: The aim is to assess the effect of human resources management training program for nurse managers on staff nurses’ attitudes toward organizational change at Suez Canal University hospitals. Design: A quasi-experimental design was used to conduct the present study. Setting: This study was conducted at Suez Canal University hospitals. Sample: Randomly divided into two groups: in study group, 32 nurse managers and 70 staff nurses worked in the same units of head nurses from study group. In control group, 32 nurse managers and 70 staff nurses worked in the same units of head nurses from control group. Tools of Data Collection: Data was collected using two tools through study phases. Tool I: Human resources management practices and Tool II: staff nurses’ attitudes towards organizational change. Results: There was statistically significant improvement regarding all human resources management practices post and follow-up program for study group of nurse managers. Also, there were statistically significant differences regarding the cynicism, fear and acceptance attitudes toward organizational change post and follow-up program for staff nurses affiliated to study group. There was statistically significant positive relationship between nurse managers’ human resources management practices and acceptance attitude toward organizational change for staff nurses affiliated with to study group post-program. Conclusion: The human resource management practices had a positive effect on the staff nurses’ attitudes toward organizational change. Recommendations: Generalize implementation of the human resource management training program for the rest of nurse managers working in the hospital (control group).
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