THE EFFECT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL PERSONALITY TRAITS OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS ON THEIR TENDENCY TO REPORT A MEDICAL OR NON-MEDICAL EVENT OCCURRING IN A HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION

Authors : Fuat Yalman
Pages : 2318-2347
Doi:10.35408/comuybd.1610618
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Publication Date : 2025-10-24
Article Type : Research Paper
Abstract :The health sector is labor and technology intensive. The health sector is affected by the social, cultural, technological, political, economic and legal environment. Each change in the health sector environment triggers entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship plays a major role in sustaining the health status of individuals and prolonging life expectancy. The main purpose of this study is to determine the effect of entrepreneurial personality traits of healthcare professionals on their tendency to report a medical event/situation. The population of the study consisted of healthcare professionals in a public hospital providing secondary healthcare services in Istanbul. It was determined that there were a total of 2500 healthcare professionals in the hospital during the time period when the data were collected. The research data were collected by convenience sampling method using Google forms infrastructure and online survey technique. The total number of questionnaires evaluated and used in data analysis was 430. Reliability analysis, descriptive analysis, difference analysis and path analysis techniques were applied to the data. According to the results of the path analysis; entrepreneurial personality traits of healthcare workers (need for success, internal control orientation, tendency to take risks, tendency to innovate) had a statistically significant and positive effect on their tendency to report a medical event/situation (internal whistleblowing, external whistleblowing, silence). This study gives the impression that entrepreneurial personality traits have an important role in the formation of whistleblowing tendencies of healthcare professionals. This study is the first entrepreneurship indexed study that reveals that entrepreneurial personality traits have an important role in the formation of whistleblowing tendencies of healthcare workers. In this sense, it provides important contributions to the literature.
Keywords : Girişimci Kişilik Özellikleri, Tıbbi Bir Olayı İhbar Etme, Sağlık Çalışanları, Sağlık Kuruluşları

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