The Effect Of Public Relations On Governmental Hospital Performance In Jordan

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Sahar F. Abu- Jarour ,

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Abstract

Public relations role in any organization plays a major role in distributing this organization in society. So, the objective of this research is to study the effect of public relationship on governmental hospitals performance in Jordan. Questionnaire was used as a tool to collect data. The questionnaire consisted of two parts. The first part used to collect demographic characteristics and the second to collect data about the effect of type of public relation and the performance of hospitals. The results showed that the role of public relations in public hospitals is not effective enough to promote these hospitals among society. 

Keywords

Public relations, Type of public relationships, hospital performance.

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