sahr2001 - Health Systems Trust

• Voices of Health Policy Makers and Public Health Managers: An Introduction
However, although only about one third of hospital, district and senior
managers have a low sense of personal accomplishment, more than half of
facility managers and parliamentarians experience low personal achievement.
A separate questionnaire was used to assess the demands of work upon those
interviewed. The three areas that it attempts to measure are:
◆ The demands of the job
◆ The control that an individual has in relation to the responsibilities of
their job
◆ Social support at work.
Jobs that impose a great strain combine high demands with, low control,
and low social support. Jobs associated with less job strain combine high
control and high social support with moderate demands.
Figure 2:
Job strain at work as measured by levels of job demand, control and social support
Facility Managers
56
78
89
44
22
11
Hospital Managers
80
53
100
20
47
District Managers
75
75
100
25
25
Senior Managers
81
81
69
19
19
31
Parliamentarians
75
92
100
25
8
0 20 40 60 80 100
Percentage
High demand
Low demand
High Control
Low Control
High Social Support
Low Social Support
205