title: Persistence as the path from motivation to performance in the Papua New Guinea health sector.
abstract: This paper considers how the individual capacity states of motivation, confidence, skill and ability relate to performance, and identifies a crucial role for the discretionary behaviour of individuals: specifically, employee persistence and innovation. The study Understanding the people and performance link: unlocking the black box undertaken by Purcell and colleagues is relied upon in constructing a theoretical framework for the conceptual interrelationships between performance and the human-resource-mediating variables, which is then applied within the Papua New Guinea (PNG) health sector context. The study by Purcell and colleagues, which was informed by organizations with well-developed and functioning human resource policies and practices, is distinguished from the PNG health sector, where human resource frameworks are largely ineffective--yet it is determined that the importance of 'discretionary behaviour' relative to performance, whilst varied, is undiminished.
authors.affiliation: Capacity Building Service Centre, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
authors.forename: Luke
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Elich
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D019091:Critical Pathways / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010219:Papua New Guinea; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D057184:Practice Patterns, Nurses'; D011361:Professional Competence; D015980:Public Health Practice / Q000592:standards*