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This study aimed to investigate opinions of health workers about work place on behalf of workers’ rights, occupational safety and relations with administration in a public hospital. Data were gained from 93 health workers working in a district of Diyarbakır , Bismil Public Hospital. A survey was conducted among health staff face to face and obtained data were analyzed by SPSS 15.0 package program. Findings showed that 34,4% of participants were between age of 26-30, 49,5% were female and 83,9% were married. While 53,8% of health staff expressed that they were able to report their problems to hospital management, 6,5% of them stated that directory of hospital didn’t mind problems of workers. 44,1% of health staff stated that hospital management didn’t take enough measures in order to provide safety at work. It was also found that 78,5% of participants were satisfied with trainings for vision and quality of hospital but 33,6% were unsatisfied with trainings for reporting workplace violence in the hospital. 74,2% expressed that employees were not awarded frequently in the hospital. It was found that there was a negative relationship between age and satisfaction about management relations in the hospital (-,245, p<0,05). This may result from higher expectations of older workers. Also health workers having more work experience were not satisfied with management relations (,269, p<0,01). Health workers who thought they were working in a safe workplace were more satisfied with management relations (,342, p<0,01). When relationship between work experience and satisfaction with definition of task was analyzed, a negative correlation was found (-,229, p<0,01). A positive correlation was found between effective use of human resources and precise task definition ( ,288, p<0,01). As a result it can be said that priority should be given to improve relationships between management and staffs. Employees should feel themselves as a part of the organization.

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