Table 6.
Mean scores1 (SD) by demographic and job-related variables for the ACHIEVEMENTS motivator
| Demographic variables | Overall (N = 286) |
Doctors/ Dentists (N = 67) |
Nurses (N = 219) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||
| Male | 4.13 (0.83) | 4.19 (0.94) | 4.08 (0.73) |
| Female | 4.20 (0.85) | 4.38 (0.67) | 4.18 (0.87) |
| P-sig.2 | 0.517 | 0.376 | 0.489 |
| Sector | |||
| Medical | 4.84 (0.81) | 4.26 (0.52) | 4.11 (0.85) |
| Surgical | 4.32 (0.85) | 4.38 (1.03) | 4.30 (0.80) |
| A+E/Outpatients | 4.08 (0.90) | 4.15 (0.95) | 4.04 (0.88) |
| Laboratory | 4.23 (0.87) | 4.23 (0.87) | - |
| P-sig.3 | 0.288 | 0.876 | 0.207 |
| Age group | |||
| <25 | 4.31 (0.85) | - | 4.31 (0.85) |
| 25-35 | 4.13 (0.86) | 4.00 (0.98) | 4.14 (0.96) |
| 36-45 | 4.15 (0.81) | 4.26 (0.87) | 4.09 (0.79) |
| 46-55 | 4.11 (0.87) | 4.29 (0.80) | 4.04 (0.90) |
| >55 | 4.42 (0.79) | 4.27 (0.95) | 4.66 (0.33) |
| P-sig.3 | 0.408 | 0.941 | 0.166 |
| Years in public service | |||
| <5 | 4.22 (0.81) | 4.16 (0.76) | 4.23 (0.83) |
| 5-10 | 4.37 (0.75) | 4.43 (0.88) | 4.34 (0.68) |
| 11-20 | 4.02 (0.89) | 4.20 (0.81) | 3.96 (0.92) |
| 21-30 | 4.08 (0.86) | 4.20 (1.05) | 4.05 (0.81) |
| >30 | 4.36 (0.96) | 5.00 (-) | 4.33 (0.97) |
| P-sig.3 | 0.147 | 0.790 | 0.162 |
| Management position | |||
| Yes | 4.24 (0.90) | 4.12 (1.10) | 4.29 (0.83) |
| No | 4.16 (0.83) | 4.31 (0.75) | 4.12 (0.85) |
| P-sig.2 | 0.487 | 0.442 | 0.221 |
1 Reported on a 1-5 scale with higher values corresponding to higher motivation
2 According to t-test
3 According to ANOVA