Perceived Factors Influencing Industrial Harmony Among Health Care Professionals In University Of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku Ozalla, Enugu State.

ABSTRACT

This study was conceived to determine the factors influencing industrial harmony among health care professionals in UNTH, Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu State. The study was specifically aimed at

assessing the influence of interdisciplinary collaboration, workplace communication and equitable remuneration among health care professionals on industrial harmony. The study used a

descriptive survey design. Non probability purposive sampling was used to select medicine, nursing, pharmacy and medical laboratory science disciplines. The population of study was 1371, with a sample size of 300 health care professionals,consisting of eighty doctors, one

hundred and ten nurses, twenty pharmacists and fourteen Medical Laboratory Scientists.A researcher-developed questionnaire was employed to collect data from the respondents. Analysis

of Variance was used to test the hypotheses at a 0.05 level of significance. Results showed that the perceived influence of interdisciplinary collaboration among health care professionals on

industrial harmony was statistically significant with the health care professionals reporting a favourable interdisciplinary collaboration (2.86 ±0.76, p= 0.0000). Theperceived influence of

workplace communication among health care professionals on industrial harmony was statistically significant with the respondents reporting poor workplace communication among the

health care professionals and with the management (2.31 ±0.79, p= 0.0160). The result for

influence of equitable remuneration of health care professionals on industrial harmony was

notstatistically significant, with the health care professionals reporting dissatisfaction with their

remunerations (2.49 ±1.00, p=0.821). The result showed that there existed good interdisciplinary

collaboration among health care professionals but also a need for improvement and a more

inclusive approach. Workplace communication among health care professionals in UNTH needs

improvement to promote healthy working environment. Health care professionals’ remuneration

was not very satisfactory and a more equitable remuneration is neededto boost industrial harmony and help forestall industrial disharmony.