The state of customer oriented-behavior in the health tourism hospitals in Malaysia

The purpose of this paper is to examine the state of customer-oriented behavior in the health tourism hospitals in Malaysia.This study involved 343 nurses in the 13 health tourism hospitals in Malaysia.Administered on-site questionnaire survey was used as the main method of data collection.Descripti...

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Main Authors: Ong, Choon Hee, Johari, Husna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Center for Enhancing Knowledge, UK 2013
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Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/10380/1/H4.pdf
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description The purpose of this paper is to examine the state of customer-oriented behavior in the health tourism hospitals in Malaysia.This study involved 343 nurses in the 13 health tourism hospitals in Malaysia.Administered on-site questionnaire survey was used as the main method of data collection.Descriptive analysis and test of significant differences were employed to investigate the state of customer-oriented behavior among nurses in the health tourism hospitals.The findings revealed that the level of customer-oriented behavior among the nurses was high and the re were significant group differences in the level of customer-oriented behavior among the nurses’ gender, age group and years of work experience. These findings may be of help to healthcare managers to train their nurses to become more customer-oriented.
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spelling uum-103802016-04-19T01:21:53Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/10380/ The state of customer oriented-behavior in the health tourism hospitals in Malaysia Ong, Choon Hee Johari, Husna HD28 Management. Industrial Management The purpose of this paper is to examine the state of customer-oriented behavior in the health tourism hospitals in Malaysia.This study involved 343 nurses in the 13 health tourism hospitals in Malaysia.Administered on-site questionnaire survey was used as the main method of data collection.Descriptive analysis and test of significant differences were employed to investigate the state of customer-oriented behavior among nurses in the health tourism hospitals.The findings revealed that the level of customer-oriented behavior among the nurses was high and the re were significant group differences in the level of customer-oriented behavior among the nurses’ gender, age group and years of work experience. These findings may be of help to healthcare managers to train their nurses to become more customer-oriented. Center for Enhancing Knowledge, UK 2013-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/10380/1/H4.pdf Ong, Choon Hee and Johari, Husna (2013) The state of customer oriented-behavior in the health tourism hospitals in Malaysia. International Journal of Art and Commerce, 2 (10). pp. 9-16. ISSN 1929-7106 http://www.ijac.org.uk/Home-62
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