Table 5.
Mean scores1 (SD) by demographic and job-related variables for the COWORKERS motivator
| Demographic variables | Overall (N = 286) |
Doctors/ Dentists (N = 67) |
Nurses (N = 219) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||
| Male | 3.52 (1.02) | 3.65 (1.12) | 3.40 (0.93) |
| Female | 3.62 (0.97) | 3.70 (1.00) | 3.61 (0.97) |
| P-sig.2 | 0.401 | 0.836 | 0.181 |
| Sector | |||
| Medical | 3.55 (1.00) | 3.47 (0.95) | 3.56 (1.02) |
| Surgical | 3.63 (0.89) | 3.78 (1.20) | 3.59 (0.79) |
| A+E/Outpatients | 3.61 (1.08) | 3.78 (1.08) | 3.54 (1.08) |
| Laboratory | 3.57 (1.09) | 3.57 (1.09) | - |
| P-sig.3 | 0.943 | 0.779 | 0.965 |
| Age group | |||
| <25 | 3.56 (0.85) | - | 3.56 (0.85) |
| 25-35 | 3.59 (0.93) | 3.55 (1.32) | 3.59 (0.92) |
| 36-45 | 3.54 (1.06) | 3.42 (1.21) | 3.60 (0.99) |
| 46-55 | 3.55 (1.03) | 3.92 (0.95) | 3.40 (1.03) |
| >55 | 3.87 (1.02) | 3.63 (1.02) | 4.23 (0.94) |
| P-sig.3 | 0.649 | 0.488 | 0.125 |
| Years in public service | |||
| <5 | 3.54 (0.92) | 3.60 (1.23) | 3.53 (0.84) |
| 5-10 | 3.77 (0.98) | 3.65 (1.22) | 3.83 (0.85) |
| 11-20 | 3.55 (1.03) | 3.65 (0.99) | 3.51 (1.08) |
| 21-30 | 3.48 (0.92) | 3.70 (1.01) | 3.41 (0.90) |
| >30 | 3.77 (1.24) | 5.00 (-) | 3.72 (1.24) |
| P-sig.3 | 0.469 | 0.814 | 0.344 |
| Management position | |||
| Yes | 3.66 (1.05) | 3.62 (1.14) | 3.68 (1.03) |
| No | 3.57 (0.97) | 3.68 (1.06) | 3.54 (0.94) |
| P-sig.2 | 0.507 | 0.822 | 0.367 |
1 Reported on a 1-5 scale with higher values corresponding to higher motivation
2 According to t-test
3 According to ANOVA