Employee Engagement Strategies Antecedents and Migration Intention of Medical Practitioners in Nigeria: A Theoretical Assessment

Oluwatunmise, Ojebola and Adeniji, A. A. and Osibanjo, Adewale Omotayo and Falola, Hezekiah Olubusayo and Salau, Odunayo Paul and Adeoye, Funmilade L. (2020) Employee Engagement Strategies Antecedents and Migration Intention of Medical Practitioners in Nigeria: A Theoretical Assessment. Journal of African Research in Business & Technology. ISSN 2165-9443

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Abstract

Medical practitioners’ migration to other countries of the world has a considerable effect on the appropriate health care delivery of the affected countries. Funding, training, work overload, capacity building is some of the contemporary issues confronting Nigeria health sector. All these have contributed to migration intention of many Nigerian health professionals to the developed nations. The shortage of medical doctors, nurses and midwives in Nigeria has become worrisome. This study extensively explores the antecedents of employee engagement strategies on migration intention of medical professionals in Nigeria health sector. The review centres on relevant articles from reputable and reliable databases on the subject of employee engagement and migration intention of the medical personnel. It was discovered that the antecedents of medical personnel engagement strategies could be explored to enhance medical professionals' retention in Nigeria for better health care delivery. The study offers a model that can be empirically investigated to determine the extent to which the antecedents of employee engagement influences migration intention of health workers in Nigeria.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Employee Engagement, Behavioral Dispositions, Migration, Health Care Delivery
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Divisions:	Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences
Depositing User:	AKINWUMI
Date Deposited:	20 Jul 2023 15:42
Last Modified:	20 Jul 2023 15:42
URI:	http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/17199

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