Abstract
Purpose Work motivation among care workers influences the quality of care for facility residents. The purpose of this study was to identify related factors in care staff.
Method Sixty hundred and seven care staff working at 25 health services facilities for elderly people participated in this study. We applied a theoretically derived model of specific relationships among work motivation, jobsatisfaction, profession identity, job competence, interprofessional working and profession image. These factor relationships were then tested using a structural equation modeling technique.
Results Profession identity, job competence and the profession image of caring were shown to have direct influences on work motivation. In addition, job satisfaction, inter professional working, profession images of nursing and rehabilitation responsibilities were shown to have indirect influences.
Conclusion These data suggest that improving profession identity, job competence and the profession image of caring are important to enhance work motivation of care staff.
