ABSTRACT
Background e 2006 World Health Report [1] launched the Health Workforce Decade (2006-2015), with high priority given to retaining high-quality health care workers. e Kampala Declaration (2008) stressed the crucial role of retaining an effective, responsive and equitably distributed health workforce [2]. Sound human resources (HR) management practices are a key strategy for retaining eective health professionals in health care organizations (HCOs). Given the recruitment
and retention reality of the health workforce in the twenty-rst century, the role of HR managers in health care organizations (HCOs) and those who combine the role of HR managers with other responsibilities should not be underestimated.
