Change management and its impact on related factors: an empirical investigation and perspectives of Saudi Arabian Primary Healthcare Centers (PHC’S)

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Saad AlFlayyeh
Majed Ghazi Mutlaq Alotaibi

Keywords

Change management, Health services, Primary health care, Social networks

Abstract

Present study aimed to look into the impacts of changing the management in PHC’s. Study took place in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Theoretical framework has been developed after a literature review. Five (5) constructs were considered and four hypotheses were postulated. Next after, a survey questionnaire was developed and distributed among the targeted respondents. Total (176) valid responses were obtained out of 200 distributed surveys. Collected data were analyzed through SPSS, and conducted all the necessary tests. Findings of the study shows all the relationship among the considered constructs are positive. Practical implication of this study is also important for the practitioners.

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