EMPLOYEE COMPETENCE MANAGEMENT AND CORPORATE VITALITY OF HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS IN BAYELSA STATE

Abstract

The study examined employee competence management and corporate vitality of healthcare institutions in Bayelsa State. The study used a cross-sectional research design. The Taro Yamane formula was used to sample 3881 respondents out of which 363 respondents were  utilized from a population of Three thousand, eighty hundred and eighty(3,881) employees of the studied tertiary healthcare institutions in Bayelsa State. We collected primary data from the respondents using a structured questionnaire. The tool was checked for accuracy by experts and tested for reliability using the Cronbach’s alpha method, which gave a score of 0.75, showing that the tool was reliable. To look at the respondent demographics, we employed percentage analysis and distribution of frequencies. For this study, we relied on Pearson's product-moment correlation. Utilising Pearson's significant relationship test, we examined the study hypotheses at a statistical significance level of 0.005. First, the investigation found that competency mapping is significantly related to resourcefulness and resilience; second, it found that competence planning is significantly related to resourcefulness and resilience. Thus, the study's results indicate that tertiary healthcare institutions in Bayelsa State can benefit from enhancing their corporate vitality through competency management of their employees. Therefore, the study suggests that Bayelsa State's tertiary healthcare institutions should craft, promote, and support employee and competence planning, mapping policies with a view to increasing corporate vitality among staff members.