Administrators’ Assessment of Power, Politics, and Governance in Public Hospitals: Inputs To a Strategic Plan

Abstract

The research paper will use the data of 160 hospital administrators in Panay, collected using questionnaires that evaluated their views of power, politics, and governance in state hospitals. It focuses on the attribute of administrators and organisational aspects in hospitals by use of four rating scales, which are Perception of Organisational Politics, Political Skills Inventory, Extent of Political Influence in Government Hospitals and Public Hospital Governance. Results show that there is moderate organisational politics in Panay, as per the public hospitals. The evaluation established that hospital administrators are mostly excellent political skills and demonstrate excellent governance. In addition, power and political skills of administrators have an effect on the governance of the hospital by the populace and are greatly associated with the duration of the administrative service.