Citation:

Ehuwayijomo, G. P., Soetan, T. A., Makinde, O.G. "Strategic Innovation and Healthcare Practitioners’ Satisfaction in Selected Teaching Hospitals in South West, Nigeria" International Research Journal of Economics and Management Studies, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 241-252, 2025.

Abstract:

Healthcare practitioners’ satisfaction is important for the economic growth and development of a nation. However, ineffective healthcare practitioners’ satisfaction has been observed in Nigerian hospitals, and this may be attributed to a lack of strategic innovation. Studies on strategic innovation have mainly focused on developed countries with little attention to developing countries. This study, therefore, examined the effect of strategic innovation on healthcare practitioners’ satisfaction in selected teaching hospitals in South West, Nigeria. The study adopted a survey research design. The population was 11,600. The sample size of 484 was determined using Raosoft sample size calculator. Respondents were selected by a simple random sampling technique. A structured and validated questionnaire was used in the study. The response rate was 85.1%. Data were analysed using descriptive and inferential. Findings revealed that strategic innovation had a significant effect on healthcare practitioners satisfaction (Adj.R² = 0.382, F(5,405) = 51.637, p < 0.05) of selected teaching hospitals in South West, Nigeria. This study concluded that strategic innovation improved the performance of healthcare practitioners in selected teaching hospitals in South West, Nigeria. The study recommended that the management of selected teaching hospitals should adopt the use of strategic innovations in order to enhance healthcare practitioners’ satisfaction.

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Keywords:

Strategic Innovation, Infrastructural Innovation, Information Technology Innovation, Equipment Innovation, Compensation Innovation, Health Safety Innovation, Healthcare Practitioners’ Satisfaction.