Motivation and Quality of Work Life among Staff Nurses

Abstract

Background: In the present era of competition and globalization there is a need to pay attention towards the employee's motivation in order to achieve growth and success and developing of work environment where employees enjoy their work and give their best. Aim: Investigate the motivation and quality of work life among staff nurses. Research design: a descriptive correlational study design was used. Subjects: 240 staff nurses out from 471 working at Nasser institute hospital for research and treatment. Tools: Two tools were used Motivation scale and Quality of work life questionnaire. Results: Majority of the staff nurses (98.5%) had low motivation level .The highest mean for motivation was hospital policy domain while achievement domain had the lowest mean. Also more than of two thirds of the studied staff nurses (67.5%) had low of total perception regarding quality of work life. The highest mean for quality of work life was work frame domain while scope of work was the lowest. Conclusion: There is highly statistically significant positive correlation between motivation and quality of work life among staff nurses. Recommendations: Quality of work life should be assessed periodically, promote fair incentives system hospitals ha