- Title
- Key factors affecting the retention of production pharmacists in pharmaceutical manufacturing in South Africa
- Creator
- Mvunyiswa, Mzwandile
- Subject
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Subject
- Pharmacists -- South Africa
- Date Issued
- 2022-04
- Date
- 2022-04
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/58013
- Identifier
- vital:58498
- Description
- he goal of the study was to look at elements that influenced the retention of production pharmacists in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry. The South African pharmaceutical manufacturing industry is in charge of producing a wide range of pharmaceutical products for both the domestic and foreign markets. Production pharmacists are leaving the industry to pursue employment outside of the production environment, which is a problem for the industry. The goal of the study was to discover crucial factors that would help pharmacists in South Africa stay in the pharmaceutical product manufacturing industry. After doing a literature review to identify the determinants of retention, a hypothesis model was created to see if the identified factors had a positive link with pharmacist retention. The information was gathered via a survey with a questionnaire that was prepared and distributed to 81 people. Factor analysis confirmed the factors measured in the study, with Employee Reward and Recognition emerging as two separate factors. The study revealed that the factor of Employee Reward and Recognition (Factor A), which means receiving rewards and recognition was done in a fair and competitive manner did not relate to Employee Reward and Recognition as an actual Retention Factor (Factor B), or with Leadership, Training, Employee Career Development, Work-Life Balance or Job Security. In general, positive responses were received for Employee Reward and Recognition A (receiving rewards and recognition, and this was done in a fair and competitive manner), and neutral responses were received for Leadership, Work-Life Balance and Job Security and negative responses were recorded for Employee Career Development, Training and Employee Rewards and Recognition B (effectiveness of reward system to retain pharmaceutical talent). Pharmaceutical manufacturing companies must devise strategies to address the factors that elicited negative and neutral responses from the respondents. If the factors are not addressed, important talent, such as pharmacists, may be lost.
- Description
- Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Science, School of Environmental Sciences, 2022
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (xi, 106 pages)
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Business and Economic science
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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