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Table 4 Mean scores1 (SD) by demographic and job-related variables for the JOB ATTRIBUTES motivator

From: Motivation and job satisfaction among medical and nursing staff in a Cyprus public general hospital

Demographic variables

Overall

(N = 286)

Doctors/

Dentists (N = 67)

Nurses

(N = 219)

Gender

   

   Male

3.23 (1.02)

3.38 (1.11)

3.10 (0.92)

   Female

3.44 (0.96)

3.86 (0.81)

3.38 (0.96)

P-sig. 2

0.108

0.065

0.086

Sector

   

   Medical

3.32 (1.00)

3.29 (0.94)

3.32 (1.01)

   Surgical

3.46 (0.92)

3.67 (1.13)

3.40 (0.85)

   A+E/Outpatients

3.34 (1.05)

3.68 (1.15)

3.20 (0.99)

   Laboratory

3.55 (0.60)

3.55 (0.60)

-

P-sig. 3

0.717

0.625

0.535

Age group

   

   <25

3.32 (0.94)

-

3.32 (0.94)

   25-35

3.23 (1.00)

3.10 (1.40)

3.24 (0.99)

   36-45

3.39 (1.06)

3.39 (1.31)

3.39 (0.93)

   46-55

3.42 (0.50)

3.88 (0.65)

3.23 (0.93)

   >55

3.62 (1.01)

3.38 (0.99)

4.00 (0.95)

P-sig. 3

0.458

0.249

0.157

Years in public service

   

   <5

3.28 (0.98)

3.30 (1.17)

3.27 (0.94)

   5-10

3.43 (1.04)

3.48 (1.27)

3.40 (0.93)

   11-20

3.44 (0.90)

3.80 (0.58)

3.30 (0.97)

   21-30

3.33 (0.93)

3.46 (1.05)

3.30 (0.90)

   >30

3.46 (1.19)

5.00 (-)

3.40 (1.17)

P-sig. 3

0.089

0.383

0.963

Management position

   

   Yes

3.62 (0.89)

3.78 (0.99)

3.55 (0.86)

   No

3.30 (0.99)

3.47 (1.05)

3.25 (0.98)

P-sig. 2

0.089

0.277

0.049

  1. 1 Reported on a 1-5 scale with higher values corresponding to higher motivation
  2. 2 According to t-test
  3. 3 According to ANOVA