BUSN4100 Examining Leaderships Role on Employees Motivation, Retention, and Organizational Performance in Healthcare Centres within Saudi Arabia - Literature Review

An essential component of the leadership task is to create motivation in business sectors and especially in health care. The motivation has direct relation with the commitment of the workforce on organisational performance that not only improves productivity but also the quality of care, which is an important aspect of the sector. Thus, the growth and development along with the reputation of any health care organisation is heavily dependent on the motivation (Barr &Dowding, 2015). In this study on the Saudi Arabian health care sector, the leaders and their behaviours are observed to determine the ways they implement to motivate the employees to perform better and the overall instruction that uses their skills and capabilities to provide the best treatment for the patients. Talent retention is also another facet that is explored in the healthcare setting as the long-term retention of training employees play a great role in increasing performance by understanding their job role and responsibilities better than most. It is done on both their effect on the employee performance of specific companies and the overall growth of the sector in the region. This includes not only retaining but also attracting talent onto the sector. 

1.2. Research questions 

The research question that can be perceived as the primary question for the study is the following, 

What is the impact of the different motivation styles and leaderships on the performance of the employee in health care sector in Saudi Arabia? 

The secondary questions that lead to the answer of the primary research question are: 

• What are the different leadership styles applied in the Saudi Arabian private health care sector? 
• What is the impact of the different leadership styles on the performance of the workers? 
• What is strategy that generally adopted in the employee motivation to bolster organisational performance? 
• What are the different impacts on the employee performance by the leadership? 

1.3. Study objectives 

The main study objective definitely is the understanding the leadership styles and their theoretical interpretation on the employee retention and performance in the private health care sector in Saudi Arabia. The systematic investigation of this ultimate aim will be carried out by the research by following the process through the following objectives in this study. 

•   To understand the effect of different leadership styles on employee performance in Saudi health care sector. 

•   To connect the different leadership traits with their impacts on employee’s motivation in Saudi health care sector. 

•   To develop the understanding of the effect of the leadership on commitment of Saudi health care staffs 

•   To develop the connection between the staff performance and motivation in Saudi health care sector. 


Literature Review

Leadership, Organizational Performance and Ability, Motivation, Opportunity (AMO) Model

Leadership is intricate in view of the fact that it is examined in diverse manners that involve dissimilar explanations (Naile & Selesho, 2014). It permits managers to influence employee behavior in the firm. Hence, motivated employees are considered as one of the vital and leading upshots of effective leadership. According to Gooraki, Noroozi, Marhamati and Behzadi (2013), leadership style is deemed as the widely discussed area in management, particularly in metropolitan healthcare centers, which has affected more than a few managers and employees. 

Mccarthy, Covella, Kaifi & Corcoran (2017) analyzed the role of leadership in relation to employee retention. These researchers discussed the essential role that the association between employee and leaders act in affecting the imminent career decisions of an employee. In the domain of critical care unit in healthcare centres, Roy and Brunet (2005) examined the role of leadership in prevailing over employees’ turnover. For leaders within the healthcare units, employee turnover is a major problem because of the decreasing number of employees in Western states and an escalated necessity for serious care services as the people age. Leaders steering in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) need to comprehend and tackle the matter of staff turnover as it is of key significance. As stated by Roy and Brunet (2005), considering this problem with a systematized and proof-based method that deals with collaboration and cooperation will not just enhance retention but will also play a great role to make such units a very competitive and enviable workplace.