An Association between Motivation Factors and The Morale for Job Performance Among Registered Nurses Who Worked in Community Hospital,Phuket Province

Abstract

This descriptive research aimed to study An Association between Motivation Factors and The Morale for Job Performances among Registered Nurses Who Worked in Community Hospital, Phuket Province. During fiscal year 2017, there were 159 registered nurses worked in community hospital, Phuket Province. 124 samples of these nurses were calculated by Daniel formula and arranged questionnaires by a systematic random sampling. Four parts of questions were delivered, parts 1) general characteristics, part 2) motivation factors, part 3) hygiene factors, and part 4) the morale for job performance. Before trying out, three specialists proved all questions and then reliability test result by Cronbach’s coefficient alpha was 0.93. Pearson product moment correlation coefficient was used for an association analysis.

Study results showed that motivation factors had mean score with a high level (=2.56, S.D.=0.32), hygiene factors had mean score with a moderate level (=2.09, S.D.=0.32), in the same with hygiene factors, morale for job performance had mean score with moderate level (=1.96, S.D.=0.31). An association analysis found that motivation factors and hygiene factors associated with the morale for job performance among registered nurses with a statistical significance (r=0.285, p-value<0.001, r=0.374, p-value<0.001, respectively). Suggestion: Results of this study should be applied in regulation for an administrative team to promote the morale for job performance among registered nurses. In addition, be aware of various factors that affect the moral for performance in registered nurses and improve the management system for motivating the registered nurses to have moral for job performance and continue to do their work.