Organizational Challenges in Healthcare Services Providers for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Considering Personnel Turnover Rate
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Job Turnover
1.2. The KRI Context
1.3. Organizational Challenges and Daycare Management Issues
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants and Procedure
2.2. Interview Schedule
3. Results
3.1. Demographic Data
3.2. Recorded Data on Turnover in the Center
3.3. Interview Findings
4. Discussion
Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Frequencies and Percentage |
---|---|
Gender Female Male | 72 (62%) 43 (38%) |
Marital statues Married Single | 40 (35%) 75 (65%) |
Citizenship Iraqi Kurdish Non-Iraqi Kurdish | 100(87%) 15 (13%) |
Profession Psychology Education Rehabilitation Administration Chore Services | 38 (33%) 26 (23.5%) 17 (15%) 24 (21%) 10 (8%) |
Overall Personnel Number | Services Turnover | Administration Turnover | Rehabilitation Turnover | The Overall Turnover Number for the Year | General Turnover Rate | Healthcare Turnover Rate | Health Care Annual Turnover Cost in Annual Budget | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 35% | 22% | 25% |
2016 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 28% | 28% | 45% |
2017 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 29% | 26% | 40% |
2018 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 26% | 26% | 55% |
2019 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11% | 11% | 30% |
2020 | 55 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 24 | 44% | 34.5% | 95% |
2021 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 47% | 28% | 45% |
2022 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 47% | 42% | 80% |
Total | 115 | 9 | 8 | 83 | 100 | 87% | 72% | 52% |
Questions | Themes | Sub-Themes |
---|---|---|
1. How do you see your position in this center in five years? | 1. Optimistic (3–43%) | In a better position (2–75%) |
In the present position (1–25%) | ||
2. Pessimistic (4–57%) | - | |
2. How do you feel about your present position? | 1. Feeling good (6–86%) | - |
2. Not very sure about their feelings (1–14%) | - | |
3. On which condition may you change your present position? | 1. A better-paid job and the possibility of receiving more knowledge (3–43%) | - |
2. A job with the possibility of receiving more knowledge (3–43%) | - | |
3. A job that is related to my previous experience (1–14%) | - | |
4. Do you think that the work situation could be improved? | 1. Negative-Not possible (3–43%) | - |
2. Possibly conditional (3–43%) | - | |
3. Positive-Of course (1–14%) | - | |
5. How the working situation could be improved? | 1. Understanding particular cultural values (4–57%) | - |
2. Extending situations for establishing contacts with other systems and more social contacts (3–43%) | - | |
6. How do you react if you are dismissed from your present position without prior notification? | 1. Feeling upset and disappointed (6–86%) | Showing no reaction (3–50%) |
Showing reaction (3–50%) | ||
2. Trying to be positive (1–14%) |
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Samadi, S.A.; Biçak, C.A.; Osman, N.; Abdalla, B. Organizational Challenges in Healthcare Services Providers for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Considering Personnel Turnover Rate. Brain Sci. 2023, 13, 544. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13040544
Samadi SA, Biçak CA, Osman N, Abdalla B. Organizational Challenges in Healthcare Services Providers for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Considering Personnel Turnover Rate. Brain Sciences. 2023; 13(4):544. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13040544
Chicago/Turabian StyleSamadi, Sayyed Ali, Cemal A. Biçak, Nigar Osman, and Barez Abdalla. 2023. "Organizational Challenges in Healthcare Services Providers for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Considering Personnel Turnover Rate" Brain Sciences 13, no. 4: 544. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13040544