Job satisfaction and motivation among public sector health workers: evidence from Ethiopia

Table 8 Multivariate regression results of the determinants of general job satisfaction and self-perceived conscientiousness among sample public sector health workers

Independent variable	Model
	Probit model of general job satisfaction		OLS model of conscientiousness
	Coefficient	Standard error	Coefficient	Standard error
Survey year (reference: 2003/4)
2006	0.917***	0.148	−5.055***	1.667
2009	0.473***	0.145	−3.841**	1.693
Demographic and worker characteristics
Health center (reference: health clinics and health posts)	0.343***	0.131	1.333	1.317
Nurse (reference: other workers)	0.066	0.115	−1.006	1.317
Years of experience	0.011	0.009	0.031	0.098
Female (reference = males)	0.370***	0.117	0.031	1.344
Individual differences
Self-efficacy	0.011***	0.003	0.501***	0.035
Perceived contextual variables
Resource availability	0.006*	0.004	0.041	0.035
Pride	0.012***	0.002	0.120***	0.026
Financial rewards	0.013*	0.006	−0.126**	0.055
Chance to accomplish something worthwhile	0.922***	0.114	2.152	0.410
Constant	−2.129***	0.236	42.559***	2.433
Pseudo R-square (probit) or R-square (OLS)	0.35		0.27
N	792		792

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