The Relationship between Strategic Alignment and Employee Engagement of Hasheminejad Hospital in Tehran

Hospitals are as the most expensive health care centers, and they take most of the health budget, on the other hand they have largest number of educated personnel. Therefore, considering variables that affecting the performance of the hospitals employees is important. This study has been designed and implemented to determine The Relationship between "strategic alignment and "employee engagement" of HashemiNejad Hospital in Tehran.
Material and This Research is a correlation study. Population included 424 staff of nursing, administrative (human resource and finance) as well as auxiliary and paramedical, which a sample size of 202 was calculated. Samples selected randomly in proportion to the number of people in each class. A questionnaire was applied to collect data. Finally Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics including tables, comparative analysis, Pearson correlation, and Multiple Regression.
Based on results Mean ± SD scores for the strategic alignment 31.90±4.47 from 40 and Mean ± SD score for employee engagement 54.19±7.34 of 70 was calculated. The findings of liner regression analysis indicated that strategic alignment can be a predictor of employee engagement (P-value=0.01, r=0.64).
Strategic alignment is one of the effective factors in Employee engagement. Goal setting according to demographic and environmental conditions, prepare strategies to guide employees for achieve the goals, collaborative goal setting and accurate and clear information to employees are as effective methods for improving strategic alignment and then employee engagement.