Psychological Well-Being and Performance of Dissatisfied Doctors Working in Healthcare and Tele Healthcare Organizations
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This study investigates the effect of Psychological Wellbeing on Employee Performance, considering the Job Satisfaction as a mediator between them. Often, doctors have to work for around 80 hours during a week due to which deteriorating performances of doctors have been noticed. This long-duration shift of the doctors often affects their Psychological Wellbeing. As the Psychological Wellbeing and Job Satisfaction were higher order constructs, repeated indicator approach was used in PLS SEM (Structural Equation Modelling) approach to conduct the statistical analysis. The 203 doctors participated in this research as sample using a survey method and they were reached out online as well as physically. The results depict the significant effect of Psychological Wellbeing on Employee Performance and Job Satisfaction was also found as a significant mediator. The results are insightful for the managers, the hospital administrators, and the consultants who work for the satisfaction of the medical practitioners working as employees. Future research can be conducted to examine the difference between the job satisfaction level of medical practitioners of public and private hospitals.
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Dissatisfied doctors, Healthcare organizations, Performance, Psychological well-being, Tele healthcare organizationsReferences
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