Table 3.
Mean scores1 (SD) by demographic and job-related characteristics for the "job attributes" motivator
| Motivating Factor: JOB ATTRIBUTES | ||||
| Demographic variables |
Overall (N = 1353) |
Doctors (N = 354) |
Nurses (N = 581) |
Office workers (N = 418) |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 3.42 (0.97) | 3.48 (0.95) | 3.37 (1.01) | 3.33 (0.99) |
| Female | 3.35 (1.02) | 3.42 (0.92) | 3.38 (1.03) | 3.26 (1.05) |
| P-sig2. | 0.372 | 0.555 | 0.851 | 0.730 |
| Age | ||||
| ≤ 35 | 3.36 (0.97) | 3.25 (1.05) | 3.40 (0.97) | 3.36 (0.98) |
| 36-49 | 3.33 (1.04) | 3.47 (0.92) | 3.36 (1.07) | 3.20 (1.06) |
| ≥ 50 | 3.52 (0.94) | 3.61 (0.83) | 3.39 (1.05) | 3.46 (1.05) |
| P-sig3. | 0.081 | 0.083 | 0.912 | 0.179 |
| Education | ||||
| High school | 3.22 (1.05) | --- | 3.28 (1.03) | 3.18 (1.07) |
| University | 3.40 (0.99) | 3.42 (0.94) | 3.40 (1.02) | 3.38 (0.96) |
| Postgraduate | 3.56 (0.94) | 3.52 (0.92) | 3.88 (0.88) | 3.57 (1.05) |
| P-sig3. | 0.001 | 0.431 | 0.088 | 0.042 |
| Job-related variables | ||||
| Years in workplace | ||||
| ≤ 5 years | 3.35 (0.96) | 3.32 (0.97) | 3.31 (0.96) | 3.46 (0.94) |
| 6-15 years | 3.33 (1.04) | 3.47 (0.92) | 3.36 (1.07) | 3.12 (1.07) |
| > 15 years | 3.42 (1.03) | 3.66 (0.85) | 3.47 (1.04) | 3.24 (1.07) |
| P-sig3. | 0.035 | 0.032 | 0.204 | 0.083 |
| Years in same position | ||||
| ≤ 5 years | 3.37 (0.99) | 3.38 (0.94) | 3.40 (1.00) | 3.31 (1.04) |
| 6-15 years | 3.34 (1.02) | 3.54 (0.89) | 3.30 (1.05) | 3.22 (1.06) |
| > 15 years | 3.42 (1.01) | 3.47 (0.99) | 3.46 (1.03) | 3.31 (0.99) |
| P-sig3. | 0.552 | 0.468 | 0.375 | 0.775 |
| Hospital status | ||||
| Public | 3.32 (1.04) | 3.41 (0.93) | 3.35 (1.07) | 3.21 (1.07) |
| Private | 3.52 (0.88) | 3.63 (0.93) | 3.46 (0.88) | 3.56 (0.83) |
| P-sig2. | 0.006 | 0.058 | 0.429 | 0.011 |
| Management position | ||||
| Yes | 3.69 (0.87) | 3.68 (0.93) | 3.65 (0.92) | 3.79 (0.68) |
| No | 3.28 (1.02) | 3.36 (0.92) | 3.30 (1.04) | 3.18 (1.06) |
| P-sig2. | <0.001 | 0.002 | 0.001 | <0.001 |
1 Reported on a 1-5 scale with higher values corresponding to higher motivation
2According to Mann-Whitney test
3According to Kruskal-Wallis test