This study examines the relationship between service oriented policy, job satisfaction of employees, customer oriented policy and management results of specialized convalescent hospitals run by large size medical institutes with highest competitive po...
This study examines the relationship between service oriented policy, job satisfaction of employees, customer oriented policy and management results of specialized convalescent hospitals run by large size medical institutes with highest competitive power in South Korea, which house the best medical facilities and equipment, and manpower. Lastly, this study investigates how the relationship between service oriented policy of the medical institutes and management results affects the degree of management results by control variables such as scales, locations, establishment subjects of hospitals.
For this study, 2500 copies of questionnaires in South Korea were distributed to 43 specialized convalescent hospitals. 1,024 copies of questionnaires collected from 30 hospitals. Except 43 copies of questionnaires that were not properly responded, 981 copies of questionnaires were used as analysis material of this study.
The results of this study is as follows:
First, analysis results of relationship between main factors of service oriented policy of medical institutes and management results show that in terms of financial results, costumer service, service compensation, prevention of service failure, service standard communication are not statistically meaningful as significance level, p<0.01, while servant leadership, employee empowerment and service training are statistically meaningful. In terms of power of influence, employee empowerment is .137, service training is .127, and service leadership is .116, respectively. Therefore, it can be estimated that service oriented policy of medical institutes partially affect financial results.
In terms of non-financial results, servant leadership and service training are not statistically meaningful as significance level, p<0.01. Service incentive has negative influence(-.085) in a significance level, p<0.05 while customer service, employee empowerment, prevention of service failure, and service standard communication are statistically meaningful. In terms of power of influence, customer service is .216, prevention of service failure is .193, service standard communication is .160, and employee empowerment is .131, respectively. Therefore, it can be estimated that service oriented policy partially affects non-financial results.
The above results demonstrate that among main factors of service oriented policy, servant leadership, employee empowerment, service training affect financial management results of medical institutes, and that customer service, employee empowerment, prevention of service failure, and service standard communication affect non-financial management results. Specifically, to enhance the management results, employee empowerment is the most important while in terms of service quality, service incentive of medical institutes have negative influence to non-financial management results such as competitive power, images, customer satisfaction of medical institutes.
Second, analyzed results of relation between main factors of service oriented policy and job satisfaction of employees demonstrate that customer service, service training, prevention of service failure are not statistically significant in significant level, p<0.01 and servant leadership and employee empowerment, employee incentive and service standard communication are significantly meaningful. In terms of power of influence, service standard communication is .252, servant leadership is .199, employee empowerment is .178, service incentive is .079, respectively. Service oriented policy of medical institutes partially affects employee's job satisfaction. Specifically, to enhance the job satisfaction, servant leadership, employee empowerment, service compensation, service standard communication must be intensified.
Third, analyzed results of relation between main factors of medical institutes' service oriented policy and employees' customer oriented mind demonstrate that service compensation, prevention of service failure are not statistically significant in significant level, p<0.01. Specifically, service incentive has negative influence in significant level, p<0.05, while servant leadership, customer service, employee empowerment, service training, service communication are statistically meaningful. In terms of power of influence, service standard communication is .280, customer service is .185, employee empowerment is .119, servant leadership is .108, and service training is .084, respectively. The service oriented policy of medical institutes partially affects employee's customer oriented mind. However, service incentive that medical institutes provide employees with to improve service quality has negative influence to their customer oriented mind.
Fourth, linear regression analysis results of relation between employee's job satisfaction and their customer oriented mind shows that the former is statistically significant to the latter in significant level, p<0.01. This result explains that employees' job satisfaction has positive influence on employees' customer oriented mind.
Fifth, linear regression analysis results of relation between employees' customer oriented mind and management results demonstrate that the former is statistically significant to both financial and non-financial management results in significant level, p<0.01. This results means that the more employees' customer oriented mind, the higher the management results.
Lastly, linear regression analysis results of how much service oriented policy of medial institutes affect management results according to characteristics of medical institutes demonstrates that in significant level, p<0.01, ① in terms of scales of medical institutes (by the standard of 1000 beds) medical institutes with more than 1,000 beds (.614) and those with less than 1,000 beds(.562) hardly present difference, which means service oriented policy of medical institutes according to the scales of them does not affect the management results. ② In terms of location of medical institutes, (the capital region and other areas) medical institutes located in the capital region (.626) and those in other regions (.549) hardly show any difference. That means service oriented policy according to scale of medical institutes does not affect management results. ③ In terms of establishment subjects of medical institutes (National university hospitals and private university hospitals), national university hospitals (.562) and private university hospitals (.594) do not have difference. This means that according to the establishment subjects, service oriented policy does not affect management results. This result proves that although medical institutes' service oriented policy affects their management results, there is no big degree of influences according to scales, locations, establishment subjects of medical institutes.
These results present important facts for service oriented marketing activity of medical institutes. As seen from the above results, service oriented policy of medical institutes affects both employees' job satisfaction and their customer oriented mind and management results circularly. That is, service oriented marketing activities such as managers' servant leadership in specialized convalescent hospitals, employees' empowerment, incentive, standard communication affect employees' job satisfaction, which ultimately leads to employees' customer oriented mind and act and produce management results. Therefore, medical institutes must constantly and systematically perform service oriented programs to reconsider their image through customer satisfaction and to improve their financial results. Since these efforts are delivered to customers by employees, service oriented policy of medical institutes is very important.
In conclusion, to improve the management results through service oriented policy of medical institutes, they must recognize that medical services are very emotionally related, and thus, both the management and employees must have customer oriented mind. Recently, as the importance of internal marketing is emphasized, it is recognized that because the satisfaction of internal customers is a preceding factor , satisfying employees is very important for the growth of medical institutes. Also, to make service oriented policy of medical institutes affect their management result significantly, medical institutes must make an consistent effort for high service quality that customers can recognize.