The Effect of the Nature of the Job on Job stability: Applied study on the employees of the General Directorate of Health Affairs in Assir Region

أثر طبيعة الوظيفة على الاستقرار الوظيفي: دراسة تطبيقية على العاملين بالمديرية العامة للشئون الصحية بمنطقة عسير

Abstract

The study aimed to detect the effect of the nature of the job (temporary- permanent) on the job stability of the employees of the general directorate of Health Affairs in Assir region, as well as to identify the differences between these employees according to the variables ((Nature of the job – type/sex- age- academic qualification- years of experience- career status). The study used the descriptive analytical method in this research. The researcher prepared a questionnaire as a tool for study, which included the demographic data of the workers and two presidents. The first is the nature of the job and its paragraphs (11) and the second represents the stability of the career and paragraphs (17) paragraph. After the questionnaire was applied to the study sample, the data was obtained and processed and analyzed statistically by the Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) program.

The study found statistically significant differences between the averages of permanent and temporary employees in the total degree of career stability for permanent employees, where the average permanent employees were higher than the average of temporary employees. There were also no statistically significant differences between the averages of temporary employees in the total degree of job stability due to differences in gender (males and females). Also, there were no statistically significant differences in job stability due to job status, nor were there any differences in job stability between the general employee and managers. There were also no differences in job stability among temporary employee, depending on the difference in the academic qualification. The value of "P" was not statistically significant. There were also no differences in the functional stability of the temporary employee, depending on the difference in years of experience. The value of "P" was not statistically significant. There were also no differences in the functional stability of the temporary employee according to the difference in age, where the value of "P" was not statistically significant.

The study recommended the necessity of providing the basic needs of temporary employees for the purpose of informing them of safety and job stability, while providing them with material and moral incentives in order to increase their association with the labor institution and thus ensure their job stability.