MOVE AND LEARN: PERCEIVED BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES OF JOB ROTATION IN A GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL IN THE PHILIPPINES

Job rotation in an organization is a strategic concern of human resource. Public hospitals in the Philippines employ job rotation to further improve their services. The practice is also recommended by the Civil Service Commission, the central human resource management office of the government for the personnel to promote greater flexibility at work. The paper analyzes and measures the perception of government hospital personnel on job rotation as a means to improve employee productivity. Using the descriptive research method, predesigned questionnaires, interview, personal observation and data mining, the study found that a) majority of the respondents are female; b) many are college graduates; and c) almost ninety percent (90) of the personnel have been working in the institution for more than 5 years. The study also showed that some of the benefits of job rotation are; a) improved interpersonal relationship; b) flexibility at work; c) reduced work stress; and d) improved employee efficiency. The greatest challenge is the inappropriate use of personnel rotation by management and inability to adjust to equipment handling. Meanwhile, Spearman correlation test showed significant positive association between length of service and perceived benefits of job rotation. The study may be replicated in other government agencies using different sample population to determine possible variation of findings using varied government sectors with different nature of works.