Motivation and job satisfaction of healthcare professionals in urban and rural areas in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia

Introduction. ?otivation and job satisfaction of healthcare professionals represent the basis for providing quality health care. The aim of the study was to establish whether ther? is a difference in motivation and job satisfaction among healthcare professionals in urban and rural areas in Vojvodina, Serbia. Material and Methods. The study included 574 healthcare professionals in urban area, and 145 in rural setting, from three health centers. Data collection was performed by a self-administered questionnaire. Results. Urban healthcare professionals, compared to rural healthcare workers, were significantly more motivated by the factor of work motivation - achieving the goals of the health center. In comparison with rural healthcare professionals, urban healthcare workers are significantly more satisfied with personal qualities of their immediate supervisors, job security guaranteed by their institution, immediate support at work they received from managers, and professional supervision of their work. Conclusion. Compared to rural healthcare professionals, urban healthcare workers are more work motivated and job satisfied.

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Work motivation and job satisfaction of health workers in urban and rural areas

Vojnosanitetski pregled ◽

10.2298/vsp140715062g ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 73 (8) ◽

pp. 735-743

Author(s):

Maja Grujicic ◽

Jelena Jovicic-Bata ◽

Slavica Radjen ◽

Budimka Novakovic ◽

Sandra Sipetic-Grujicic

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Rural Area ◽

Interpersonal Relationships ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Work Motivation ◽

Health Workers ◽

Data Gathering ◽

Urban Setting ◽

Urban And Rural Areas

Background/Aim. Motivated and job satisfied health professionals represent a basis of success of modern health institutions. The aim of this study was to investigate whether there was a difference in work motivation and job satisfaction between health workers in urban and rural areas in the region of Central Serbia. Methods. The study included 396 health professionals from urban setting, and 436 from a rural area, employed in four randomly selected health facilities. An anonymous questionnaire was used for data gathering. Statistical analysis was performed using ?2, Student t-test, Spearman's correlation coefficient, and logistic regression analysis. Results. Urban health professionals were significantly more motivated and job satisfied than respondents from rural area. In relation to work motivation factors and job satisfaction of health professionals in urban and rural areas, there were no significant differences in working conditions and current equipment, and in terms of job satisfaction there were no significant differences in relation to income either. Conclusion. In order to increase the level of work motivation and job satisfaction of health workers in rural areas, apart from better income, they should get more assistance and support from their supervisors, and awards for good job performance; interpersonal relationships, promotion and advancement opportunities, managerial performance and cooperation at work should be improved; employment security should be provided, as well as more independence at work, with professional supervision of health workers.

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A comparative analysis of the antecedents and consequences of employee satisfaction for urban and rural healthcare workers in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa

SA Journal of Human Resource Management ◽

10.4102/sajhrm.v17i0.1080 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 17 ◽

Author(s):

Brian Tawana ◽

Nicolene E. Barkhuizen ◽

Yvonne Du Plessis

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Service Delivery ◽

South African ◽

Employee Satisfaction ◽

Healthcare Workers ◽

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Healthcare Sector ◽

Rural Healthcare ◽

Kwazulu Natal ◽

Antecedents And Consequences

Orientation: The South African healthcare industry is facing significant challenges to retain quality healthcare professionals to deliver services in rural areas.Research purpose: The main purpose of this study was to compare the antecedents and consequences of employee satisfaction for healthcare professionals in urban and rural areas to establish if there are distinguishing factors that can better inform human resource (HR) management to improve job satisfaction and service delivery. KwaZulu-Natal province was chosen because of its number and proximity of rural and urban healthcare facilities.Motivation for the study: A holistic perspective, focusing on both urban and rural South African settings, on how the healthcare sector can retain healthcare workers through employee satisfaction and service delivery is lacking.Research approach/design and method: The research design for the study is a mixed-method sequential design. A quantitative survey using a structured questionnaire inclusive of the constructs such as work environment, work satisfaction, job satisfaction, employee retention and service quality was administered to a sample of urban and rural healthcare professionals in KwaZulu-Natal (N = 405). In addition, the researchers conducted three focus group discussions (N = 28).Main findings: The quantitative results showed that urban and rural sample groups differed significantly in terms of their satisfaction with work duties, compensation, career development, service delivery and turnover intentions. Communalism was found to play a major role in retention and quality of service delivery of healthcare professionals in rural settings.Practical/managerial implications: The findings of this study require from management to understand the differential factors between urban and rural settings in service quality and staff retention. Human resource practitioners are encouraged to understand the differentiators of job satisfaction and service delivery in an urban and rural context and develop conducive work environments that allow healthcare workers to execute their tasks effectively.Contribution/value-add: This study provides a unique perspective of the antecedents and outcomes of employee satisfaction for both urban and rural healthcare sector workers and indicates that context is important.

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Is this an epic innovation? Electronic health record implementation and healthcare workers’ work characteristics and autonomous motivation – a before-and-after study

10.21203/rs.3.rs-563136/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Gepke L Veenstra ◽

Eric F. Rietzschel ◽

Eric Molleman ◽

Erik Heineman ◽

Jan Pols ◽

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Keyword(s):

Healthcare Workers ◽

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Work Motivation ◽

Autonomous Motivation ◽

Health Record ◽

Work Characteristics ◽

Job Autonomy ◽

Before And After ◽

Before And After Study

Abstract Background Technological innovation in healthcare is often assumed to contribute to the quality of care. However, the question how technology implementation impacts healthcare workers has received little empirical attention. This study investigates the consequences of Electronic Health Record (EHR) implementation for healthcare workers’ work motivation. The consequences of EHR implementation for healthcare workers’ autonomous work motivation are hypothesized to be mediated by changes in perceived work characteristics (job autonomy and interdependence). Additionally, a moderating effect of profession on the relationship between EHR implementation and work characteristics is explored.Methods A quantitative uncontrolled before-and-after study was performed among employees from a large university medical centre in the Netherlands. Data were analysed following the component approach for testing a first stage moderated mediation model, using Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE). Results A total of 456 healthcare workers (75 physicians, 154 nurses, 145 allied healthcare professionals, and 82 administrative workers) finished both the baseline and the follow-up survey. After EHR implementation, job autonomy decreased, whereas interdependence increased. In line with our hypothesis, job autonomy was positively associated with autonomous motivation. Interdependence showed the same association, which we did not anticipate. Autonomous motivation was stable over the course of EHR implementation. This study did not provide support for a moderating effect of profession, meaning that no differences were observed between the various professions regarding the changes in their experienced job autonomy and interdependence after EHR implementation. Conclusions Our study showed that healthcare professionals’ work characteristics, but not their autonomous motivation, are affected by EHR implementation, and that these experiences were relatively similar for physicians, nurses, allied healthcare professionals. The stability of healthcare workers’ autonomous motivation may be explained by the opposite effects of decreased job autonomy and increased interdependence, and the EHR being in line with healthcare workers’ values. The changes in job autonomy and interdependence may have consequences beyond motivation, for example by affecting clinical decision making, proactive behaviour, and the quality of teamwork. These potential consequences of EHR implementation warrant further research.

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Comparing perspectives of family caregivers and healthcare professionals regarding caregiver burden in dementia care: results of a mixed methods study in a rural setting

Age and Ageing ◽

10.1093/ageing/afz165 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 49 (2) ◽

pp. 199-207

Author(s):

Simon Krutter ◽

Dagmar Schaffler-Schaden ◽

Roland Essl-Maurer ◽

Laura Wurm ◽

Alexander Seymer ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mixed Methods ◽

Family Caregivers ◽

Caregiver Burden ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Mixed Methods Study ◽

Rural Setting ◽

Disruptive Behaviour ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Psychosocial Burden

Abstract Background Persons with dementia (PwD) need support to remain in their own homes as long as possible. Family caregivers, homecare nurses and general practitioners (GPs) play an important role in providing this support, particularly in rural settings. Assessing caregiver burden is important to prevent adverse health effects among this population. This study analysed perceived burden and needs of family caregivers of PwD in rural areas from the perspectives of healthcare professionals and family caregivers. Methods This was a sequential explanatory mixed methods study that used both questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. Questionnaires measuring caregiver burden, quality of life and nursing needs were distributed to the caregivers; health professionals received questionnaires with adjusted items for each group. Additionally, in-depth qualitative interviews were carried out with eight family caregivers. Results The cross-sectional survey population included GPs (n = 50), homecare nurses (n = 140) and family caregivers (n = 113). Healthcare professionals similarly assessed the psychosocial burden and stress caused by behavioural disturbances as most relevant. Psychological stress, social burden and disruptive behaviour (in that order) were regarded as the most important factors from the caregivers’ perspective. It was found that 31% of caregivers reported permanent or frequent caregiver overload. Eight themes related to caregiver burden emerged from the subsequent interviews with caregivers. Conclusions Professional support at home on an hourly basis was found to be highly relevant to prevent social isolation and compensate for lack of leisure among caregivers of PwD. Improvement of interprofessional dementia-related education is needed to ensure high-quality primary care.

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A Comparative Study on Job Satisfaction between Registered Nurses and Other Qualified Healthcare Professionals

International Journal of Business and Management ◽

10.5539/ijbm.v11n7p144 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 11 (7) ◽

pp. 144

Author(s):

Musrrat Parveen ◽

Khalid Maimani ◽

Norizan M. Kassim

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Saudi Arabia ◽

Personal Growth ◽

Health Care Professionals ◽

Healthcare Workers ◽

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Professional Support ◽

Local Health ◽

Public And Private ◽

Overall Job Satisfaction

Introduction The concept of overall job satisfaction has recently received a lot of attention in the healthcare human resource management, particularly in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia faces the biggest challenges in providing qualified healthcare workers and also local health care professionals, such as physicians, nurses and pharmacists. Job satisfaction/dissatisfaction in terms of salary package, personal growth and professional support may have resulted in high healthcare workers turnover rate within the healthcare system in Saudi Arabia.Method For this study, a total of 400 self-administered questionnaires were conveniently distributed among the RNs and QHPs in both public and private hospitals in Jeddah, one of the major cities of Saudi Arabia.Analysis Quantitative analysis was carried out on the data, which related to 400 healthcare professionals. This study used a-two way multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) to test the differences by using SPSS version 16.Results Results suggested that QHPs were more contented and satisfied with their salary package as compared to RNs. However, both professions were dissatisfied with the personal growth, and professional support they received from their employers. Some implications of the findings for managers/administrators to practice are discussed.Conclusion This study sheds some lights on the issues pertaining to the overall job satisfaction among the healthcare professionals in Saudi Arabia.

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Rurality

Folk Horror ◽

10.3828/liverpool/9781911325239.003.0004 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 79-120

Author(s):

Adam Scovell

Keyword(s):

Rural Areas ◽

Belief Systems ◽

Rural Setting ◽

Rural Living ◽

Experimental Feature ◽

Topographical Difference ◽

Dual Character ◽

Narrative Worlds ◽

Urban And Rural Areas ◽

Ways Of Life

This chapter investigates the use of the rural setting in Folk Horror. David Gladwell's 1976 experimental feature Requiem for a Village questions the logic of such location-bred violence by looking into darker aspects of the rural. This is not simply through emphasis upon the topographical difference between urban and rural areas but more akin to the accoutrements of rural living and lifestyle; the aesthetics of farming, and other practices that are required to live off the land have a dual character of violence and history. Folk Horror regularly builds its sense of the horrific around societies and groups of people that have very specific ways of life, and it is not by sheer chance that these often happen to be rural rather than urban. This sense of divide between the two accounts for what was called ‘skewed belief systems and ideologies’, but there is more to it than the allowing of pulp forms of paganism and occultism to grow; Folk Horror uses the otherness that can be attributed to rural life to warp the very reality of its narrative worlds and often for its own explicit means.

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Job Satisfaction and Quality of Healthcare Delivery: A Cross-Sectional Study in Ogun State Hospitals Management Board, Nigeria

TEXILA INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH ◽

10.21522/tijph.2013.09.04.art001 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 1-12

Author(s):

Ahmed Babatunde Jimoh

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Healthcare Workers ◽

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Healthcare Delivery ◽

Quality Of Healthcare ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

State Hospitals ◽

Management Board ◽

Ogun State

Job satisfaction is vitally necessary in the daily life of the workforce, and the essential elements, materials and mechanism that drives job satisfaction demand great attention. At present, the situation of healthcare workers in the employment of Ogun State Hospitals Management Board, Nigeria, seems to be less satisfied with the policies of the healthcare institutions. The study examined job satisfaction and the quality of healthcare delivery in Ogun State Hospitals Management Board (HMB) in Nigeria. This study adopted a cross-sectional design method and was conducted among the healthcare professionals in the study area. A total of 729 copies of a well-structured questionnaire were administered using a multi-staged sampling technique to obtain information from all the available healthcare professionals in the study area. Data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics. Findings of this study revealed that 12.5 % of healthcare professionals in Ogun State Hospitals strongly agreed, 21.9% moderately, and 32% slightly agreed with the level of satisfaction of the leadership and management styles. 25.7% of the healthcare professionals disagreed (7.4% strongly, 4.0% moderately and 14.3% slightly) that they would recommend employment in the study area. The results further revealed that 47.9% of healthcare workers had a low level of job satisfaction that could lead to many factors. In addendum, 43.6% of the respondents believed that the healthcare delivery was not low but with moderate quality. The study concluded that majority of the healthcare workers had low level of job satisfaction. The quality of healthcare delivery is of medium quality. Finally, this study recommends that there should be an establishment of health and life insurance for health workers; improved health infrastructures; conducive work environment and working conditions; job security; regular and continuous training of healthcare professionals; and attractive rewards and compensation.

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Need for Recognition of Pharmacists as Front Liners in Covid-19 Pandemic: An Indian Perspective

International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences ◽

10.26452/ijrps.v11ispl1.3601 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (SPL1) ◽

pp. 1226-1229

Author(s):

Subhrojyoti Bhowmick ◽

Asish Kumar Saha ◽

Shubham Jana ◽

Nipun Patil ◽

Mohseenkhan Munshi

Keyword(s):

Rural Areas ◽

Healthcare Workers ◽

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Medical Information ◽

Vital Role ◽

Developing Nation ◽

Healthcare Workforce ◽

The World ◽

Novel Coronavirus ◽

Indian Perspective

Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 or Covid-19 Pandemic has become a globally recognized public-health phenomenon. As of September 2020, over 30 million people have been affected worldwide, and more than 1 million deaths have been registered. Healthcare professionals & researchers around the world are working hand in hand to find a vaccine or an efficient cure for this disease. Till then, a large part of the globe remains under lock down, and people are advised to follow certain guidelines like social distancing, practicing hand hygiene, etc. Pharmacists are one of the key healthcare workers who are working to fight this Pandemic. This commentary is an effort to describe their role in combating this Pandemic in a developing nation India. They are responsible for manufacturing/ supplying/dispensing of drugs to the ailing patients in the hospitals and community. In rural areas, pharmacists are expected to provide medical guidance. They play a vital role in medical information services within the hospital, along with providing Pharmacovigilance activities related to Covid-19 drugs. The essentiality of the presence of clinical pharmacists is being felt increasingly in India, where the healthcare workforce is limited. The safety of these caregivers during this Pandemic should be a priority so that this healthcare force can be efficiently utilized in managing the Pandemic in the country in the coming days.

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Well-Being in Alpine Space: How Subjective Determinants Affect Urban and Rural Areas. A Case Study Analysis in South Tyrol, Italy

Urban Studies and Public Administration ◽

10.22158/uspa.v1n2p301 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 301

Author(s):

Federica Vigano ◽

Enzo Grossi ◽

Giorgio Tavano Blessi

Keyword(s):

Rural Areas ◽

Well Being ◽

Subjective Well Being ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Psychological Well Being ◽

Urban And Rural Areas ◽

Socio Demographic Factors ◽

Autonomous Province ◽

The Individual

The paper analyzes urban-rural difference on the individual psychological well-being of residents living in the Autonomous Province of Alto Adige, region on the border between Italy and Austria. Data comes from a cross-sectional survey undertaken in 2010 on a statistical representative sample, based on the PGWBI, an instrument specifically used to measure individual subjective well-being. The study examines the influence of socio-demographic factors, as well as cultural determinants, on the PGWBI. Urban inhabitants were found to perceive higher level of psychological well-being compared to rural ones, while the determinants affecting individual subjective had a greater impact on the rural one.

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How COVID-19 Affected Burnout and Job Satisfaction Levels Among the Healthcare Workers in Jordanian Hospitals

International Journal of Innovative Research in Medical Science ◽

10.23958/ijirms/vol06-i10/1240 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (10) ◽

pp. 664-667

Author(s):

Bani Ahmad Amer, RN, MHA, Ph.D.

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Healthcare Workers ◽

Online Survey ◽

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Healthcare Providers ◽

Well Being ◽

World Health ◽

Background Information ◽

Work Related ◽

Health Organization

Aim: To establish how COVID-19 affected the burnout and job satisfaction levels among the health care provider in Jordan hospitals. Methodology: The online survey questionnaire was distributed to 160 nurses, doctors, and specialists and 152 responses were captured in the Google form feedback from healthcare workers from Jordan hospitals. The survey questions wanted responses related to establishment of job satisfaction and burnout levels during the COVID-19 pandemic. The questionnaire contained questions investigating the nurses' and doctors' demographic factors, work-related variables, and personal experiences. Additionally, the provision of basic needs at the workplace were investigated, and the world Health Organization-5 well-being index was established through the questionnaires (Hamdam et al., 2020). Different statistics measurements were used. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize both the background information about the healthcare providers and burnout levels. Results: From the 152 healthcare professionals filed their responses, 32.6% were males, and the rest were females. Approximately 48%.13% and 16% were nurses, doctors, and pharmacists. Burnout was caused by exhaustion, depression, anxiety, and overtime working time. 7% of the nurses were satisfied with the work, while 72.5% were not satisfied. Approximately 24% of the male healthcare providers demonstrated resilience in employment, while 5% of the female healthcare professionals demonstrated burnout and total withdrawal due to the scourging effects of COVID-19 (Abujilban et al., 2021). The healthcare providers that received psychological support from their families seemed strong and suffered lower burnout levels. The fear of infection created anxiety that led to stress, and high burnout levels. Conclusions: COVID -19 led to increased levels of burnout and lack of job satisfaction. The hospitals in Jordan were not prepared, and the fear of nurses and doctors getting infected created more anxiety. The healthcare motivation and energy to work reduced to a bare minimum.

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