The Effect of Work Motivation Model on Nurse's Stress in Leith General Hospital, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Work motivation, work stress, nurses, public hospitals.Abstract
Purpose: Nursing is a stressful occupation, it had been theorized that work motivation influences the degree of job stress. However, there is lack of research about the relationship between motivation and stress in health organizations. Therefore, the current study aims to explore the impact of organization motivation on work stress among nurses working in a public hospital in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Methodology: Through a cross-sectional study, all nurses in Al-Leith hospital which is a semi-urban general public hospital were invited to be included in the study. They had been requested to a predesigned valid self-administered questionnaire including demographic variables, Motivation at work questionnaire (MWQ) and Workplace Stress Scale. SPSS ver 26 was used for data entry and statistical analysis; Pearson correlation coefficient was used and statistical significance was set at P-value <0.05.
Findings: Out of all interviewed nurses (n=204), non-Saudis formed 78.9% and the majority were female (86.8%), and two thirds had bachelor qualification (66.2%). The overall mean scores for the domains of the organization motivation were highest in shared values (Total mean±SD; 3.8±0.85) and intrinsic job motivation (Total mean±SD; 3.8±0.79), while the lowest was on influence on work (Total mean±SD; 3.3±0.94). The total work stress score accounted for 2.7±0.73. The correlation matrix displayed showed that the work stress showed significantly negative correlation with all domains of the work motivation p<0.05.
Recommendations: Work motivation, through its all domains, is inversely correlated with work stress. Stakeholders and policy makers of health organizations should take these findings in account when planning for improving occupational environment for nurses.
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