Table 5.
Mean scores1 (SD) by demographic and job-related characteristics for the "co-workers" motivator
| Motivating Factor: CO-WORKERS | ||||
| Demographic variables |
Overall (N = 1353) |
Doctors (N = 354) |
Nurses (N = 581) |
Office workers (N = 418) |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 3.72 (0.89) | 3.68 (0.89) | 3.89 (0.82) | 3.73 (0.91) |
| Female | 3.71 (0.88) | 3.52 (0.88) | 3.74 (0.87) | 3.72 (0.90) |
| P-sig2. | 0.767 | 0.085 | 0.256 | 0.938 |
| Age | ||||
| ≤ 35 | 3.71 (0.87) | 3.49 (0.98) | 3.77 (0.84) | 3.75 (0.81) |
| 36-49 | 3.69 (0.91) | 3.58 (0.86) | 3.75 (0.90) | 3.68 (0.95) |
| ≥ 50 | 3.81 (0.85) | 3.80 (0.83) | 3.76 (0.80) | 3.88 (0.94) |
| P-sig3. | 0.276 | 0.058 | 0.940 | 0.256 |
| Education | ||||
| High school | 3.77 (0.93) | --- | 3.79 (0.87) | 3.75 (0.97) |
| University | 3.71 (0.85) | 3.63 (0.88) | 3.75 (0.85) | 3.71 (0.82) |
| Postgraduate | 3.62 (0.93) | 3.62 (0.92) | 3.63 (1.11) | 3.61 (0.91) |
| P-sig3. | 0.110 | 0.985 | 0.794 | 0.526 |
| Job-related variables | ||||
| Years in workplace | ||||
| ≤ 5 years | 3.70 (0.85) | 3.53 (0.92) | 3.73 (0.84) | 3.87 (0.73) |
| 6-15 years | 3.70 (0.91) | 3.57 (0.90) | 3.76 (0.86) | 3.72 (1.00) |
| > 15 years | 3.73 (0.90) | 3.85 (0.80) | 3.78 (0.88) | 3.63 (0.96) |
| P-sig3. | 0.761 | 0.023 | 0.815 | 0.144 |
| Years in same position | ||||
| ≤ 5 years | 3.67 (0.88) | 3.61 (0.91) | 3.73 (0.88) | 3.65 (0.86) |
| 6-15 years | 3.70 (0.91) | 3.63 (0.87) | 3.73 (0.83) | 3.73 (1.04) |
| > 15 years | 3.82 (0.85) | 3.65 (0.89) | 3.84 (0.87) | 3.91 (0.77) |
| P-sig3. | 0.085 | 0.965 | 0.411 | 0.046 |
| Hospital status | ||||
| Public | 3.66 (0.91) | 3.60 (0.90) | 3.70 (0.86) | 3.67 (0.95) |
| Private | 3.88 (0.78) | 3.74 (0.87) | 3.92 (0.78) | 3.94 (0.69) |
| P-sig2. | <0.001 | 0.168 | 0.009 | 0.028 |
| Management position | ||||
| Yes | 3.82 (0.85) | 3.75 (0.89) | 3.81 (0.87) | 3.92 (0.74) |
| No | 3.69 (0.89) | 3.58 (0.88) | 3.74 (0.86) | 3.69 (0.93) |
| P-sig2. | 0.029 | 0.081 | 0.432 | 0.091 |
1 Reported on a 1-5 scale with higher values corresponding to higher motivation
2According to Mann-Whitney test
3According to Kruskal-Wallis test