Table 3.
Mean scores1 (SD) by demographic and job-related variables for the REMUNERATION motivator
| Demographic variables | Overall (N = 286) |
Doctors/ Dentists (N = 67) |
Nurses (N = 219) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||
| Male | 3.36 (0.99) | 3.35 (1.09) | 3.36 (0.90) |
| Female | 3.78 (1.01) | 4.01 (0.90) | 3.75 (1.02) |
| P-sig.2 | 0.010 | 0.015 | 0.020 |
| Sector | |||
| Medical | 3.53 (1.15) | 2.93 (1.01) | 3.65 (1.14) |
| Surgical | 3.78 (0.94) | 3.76 (1.05) | 3.78 (0.92) |
| A+E/Outpatients | 3.65 (0.89) | 3.92 (0.98) | 3.54 (0.84) |
| Laboratory | 3.85 (0.89) | 3.85 (0.89) | - |
| P-sig.3 | 0.365 | 0.014 | 0.420 |
| Age group | |||
| <25 | 3.93 (1.09) | - | 3.93 (1.09) |
| 25-35 | 3.59 (1.01) | 3.50 (1.67) | 3.60 (0.97) |
| 36-45 | 3.61 (0.96) | 3.38 (1.11) | 3.72 (0.67) |
| 46-55 | 3.68 (1.02) | 4.04 (0.79) | 3.54 (1.07) |
| >55 | 3.41 (1.07) | 3.20 (1.06) | 3.72 (1.06) |
| P-sig.3 | 0.328 | 0.055 | 0.433 |
| Years in public service | |||
| <5 | 3.68 (1.11) | 3.48 (1.45) | 3.73 (1.05) |
| 5-10 | 3.41 (1.15) | 3.41 (1.15) | 3.81 (0.96) |
| 11-20 | 3.64 (0.83) | 3.72 (0.69) | 3.61 (0.88) |
| 21-30 | 3.55 (1.02) | 3.63 (1.09) | 3.52 (1.01) |
| >30 | 3.73 (1.22) | 5.00 (-) | 3.67 (1.22) |
| P-sig.3 | 0.936 | 0.621 | 0.747 |
| Management position | |||
| Yes | 3.75 (0.99) | 3.52 (1.04) | 3.84 (0.97) |
| No | 3.61 (1.03) | 3.61 (1.08) | 3.62 (1.01) |
| P-sig.2 | 0.333 | 0.777 | 0.178 |
1 Reported on a 1-5 scale with higher values corresponding to higher motivation
2 According to t-test
3 According to ANOVA