The Effect of Factors Causing Job Satisfaction on the Rotation of Work Among Health Cadres in the Government Health Sector in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Health practitioners (cadres) are vital human resources in the health system. The lateral effect of these health practitioners in healthcare quality, human safety, and certain margins has narrated extensively. Therefore, the government health sector has focused on this key resource to improve healthcare services. One of the main problems that leaders and head of sector’s face is the rotation (mobility) of a high-quality health cadres. The resent constructed leadership of the government health sector is seeking a multi-intervention to improve the health sector’s productivity. To address this dilemma a systemic search of the topic is a prerequisite. Following a systemic search, rotation of health cadres in the government health sector in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was not widely investigated, the existing factor is not comprehensive and do not cover all perspective sides, with unawareness of the relevance and power of the various aspects of these factors. Three prominent aspects of potential factors causing job satisfaction and the likelihood of this relationship influencing the rotation of work are recognized. These potential factors are demographics and job descriptions, organizational and environmental factors, and reward, compensation, including salary. Hence, the research questions are formulated accordingly. This paper reviews an imperative foundation that has been established and analyzed on the effect of these factors causing job satisfaction, which, in turn, possibly influences the rotation of work among health cadres in the government health sector in Saudi Arabia).