Need Satisfaction and the Unit Manager
- 1 February 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Hospital Topics
- Vol. 54 (1) , 31-34
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00185868.1976.9952373
Abstract
This study is concerned with the specification of need satisfaction on the part of unit managers in a 1000 bed teaching-referral hospital. The Porter Need Satisfaction Index in conjunction with Maslow's Need Hierarchy provide the framework for this research. The researchers' findings point to a high degree of need deficiency for the unit managers surveyed. They conclude that hospitals must offer enhanced opportunities to satisfy these needs if they are to retain the services of professional unit management.Keywords
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