Factors Influencing Organization Direction Implementation of Health Professionals in a Hospital, Udon Thani Province

Abstract

This descriptive research examined factors influencing the implementation of organization directions among 264 health professionals working at Udonthani Cancer Hospital. Data were collected using questionnaires consisted of perceptions of organizational direction and factors influencing organization direction implementation that were reviewed for content validity by three experts yielding the CVI scores of 0.85 and 0.86, respectively. The instruments’ reliabilities were tested using Cronbach's alpha coefficients yielding the reliability of 0.97 and 0.98, respectively. The data were analyzed using frequencies, percentages, means, standard deviations and stepwise multiple regression analysis.

The results showed that factors influencing organizational direction implementation among Udonthani Cancer Hospital personnel (p-value 0.05) were perception of organizational direction and age. It was found that perception of organizational direction could explain about 61.8 percent of organizational direction implementation (R=0.789, R²=0.618) while age could explain about 62.6 percent of organizational direction implementation (R=0.791, R²=0.626). Therefore, personnel should be encouraged to recognize the direction of the organization and older personnel should be included in the process of corporate operational policies.