Table 4 Mean ± SD and quartiles of ranks for the 14 factors
From: Beyond job security and money: driving factors of motivation for government doctors in India
Dimension | Mean | SD | Quartiles | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First | Second | Third | |||
Intrinsic factors | |||||
   Opportunities for promotion | 6.47 | 2.76 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
   Interesting work | 4.87 | 3.25 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
   Respect and recognition | 4.91 | 3.01 | 4 | 4.5 | 7 |
   Responsibility and independence | 5.75 | 3.43 | 2 | 5.5 | 8 |
   Doing something worthwhile | 7.28 | 3.95 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
   Technically competent supervisor | 9.48 | 2.81 | 8 | 10 | 11.75 |
   Pay according to ability and Competence | 9.66 | 3.80 | 7 | 10 | 13 |
Extrinsic factors | |||||
   Job security | 4.29 | 3.84 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
   Adequate salary | 5.11 | 3.81 | 2 | 4 | 7.75 |
   Fringe benefits | 9.35 | 3.30 | 7 | 10 | 12 |
   Comfortable working conditions | 6.92 | 3.43 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
   Sound organizational policies | 9.28 | 3.10 | 7 | 10 | 12 |
   Considerate and sympathetic supervisor | 10.24 | 2.98 | 9 | 11 | 12.75 |
   Restricted hours of work | 11.33 | 3.25 | 10 | 13 | 14 |