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Table 3 Differences in staff satisfaction with four aggregate markers of staff motivation

From: Association between health worker motivation and healthcare quality efforts in Ghana

Aggregated motivating factors

Facility ownership

Geographic location

Private

Public

P-value

Rural

Urban

P-value

Mean(SDb)

Mean(SD)

 

Mean(SD)

Mean(SD)

 

Physical work environment (n = 318)

3.2(0.47)

2.3(0.51)

0.0000a

3.0(0.51)

3.1(0.48)

0.1630

Availability of resources and drugs (n = 321)

3.1(0.75)

2.8(0.77)

0.0000a

2.8(0.81)

3.1(0.75)

0.0019a

Financial and extrinsicc incentives (n = 312)

2.2(0.64)

1.9(0.55)

0.0002a

2.0(0.63)

2.1(0.60)

0.8302

Job prospects and career development (n = 308)

2.4(0.86)

2.5(0.80)

0.1539

2.5(0.82)

2.3(0.86)

0.1772

  1. aStatistically significant at 0.05 level of significance. Source: COHEISION Project Clinic Staff Interviews Data (March-June, 2012).
  2. b+SD = Standard deviation. Mean scores and SD are based on a 4 point Likert scale from 1 = very disappointing to 4 = very satisfactory. Higher mean scores SD, therefore, suggest higher staff satisfaction with workplace motivating factors and vice versa.
  3. cExtrinsic incentives include prestige and societal recognition gotten from the job.