title: An examination of employer-provided benefits in the health care industry.
abstract: Organizations that depend on a highly-skilled, stable workforce must be attuned to the needs of their employees and provide adequate compensation and benefits that enhance job satisfaction and lessen job mobility. Hospitals, like other organizations that compete for hard-to-find workers, use both traditional and non-traditional benefits to attract and keep skilled employees. This nationwide survey of hospital human resource managers assesses the types of benefits offered to health care workers and gauges the perceived impact of those benefits on job satisfaction and employee retention. Survey findings reveal that certain basic benefits, such as health insurance, are provided to all hospital employees. Other benefits, such as signing bonuses and reimbursement of relocation costs, are used as inducements to attract individuals in hard-to-fill job categories.
authors.affiliation: Department of Management, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kinard
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000191:economics; D019981:Health Care Sector; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D010557:Personnel Administration, Hospital; D010558:Personnel Loyalty