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Assessment of motivation levels and associated factors among the nursing staff of tertiary‐level government hospitals
Author(s) -
Pandey Rahul,
Goel Sonu,
Koushal Vipin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the international journal of health planning and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1099-1751
pISSN - 0749-6753
DOI - 10.1002/hpm.2526
Subject(s) - conscientiousness , likert scale , psychology , stratified sampling , scale (ratio) , burnout , nursing , intrinsic motivation , work motivation , applied psychology , social psychology , medicine , work (physics) , clinical psychology , big five personality traits , personality , developmental psychology , physics , mechanical engineering , pathology , quantum mechanics , engineering , extraversion and introversion
Summary The present study assessed the motivation level of nurses working in 3 highly decorated tertiary‐level government hospitals of India and also underpins the factors attributing to motivation levels. A sequential mixed‐method design was used in this study wherein 400 nurses working in 5 units of nursing care in the hospitals were enrolled based upon proportionate random stratified sampling techniques. A self‐administered questionnaire with Likert scale was developed based upon scale used by Mbindyo et al. The attributes of motivation were then categorized into external and internal attributes. For the qualitative component, participants with varied responses in quantitative data were selected and interviewed. Overall mean motivation score of the nursing staff was found 3.57 ± 0.93, which was higher for extrinsic motivational attributes (3.67 ± 0.88) as compared with intrinsic attributes (3.47 ± 0.98). The intrinsic motivational attribute of organizational commitment was rated highest followed by general motivation, conscientiousness, and self‐efficacy. Personal issues, timeliness, and burnout were prime discouraging attributes among study participants. Sociodemographic characteristics and work profile characteristics showed significant relationship with the attributes of motivation. This study underscores the significance of different attributes of motivation which needs to be considered while framing administrative strategies and policy guidelines by authorities.