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Mediation role of work motivation and job satisfaction between work-related basic need satisfaction and work engagement among doctors in China: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aims to examine the association of work-related basic need satisfaction (W-BNS) with doctors' work engagement and explore the mediating role of work motivation and job satisfaction between the two variables.

Design

This was a cross-sectional study.

Setting

The study was conducted in four public grade A tertiary hospitals in China.

Participants

A total of 1000 doctors were invited to participate; 849 doctors completed questionnaires validly.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Questionnaires were administered online and offline to collect data, consisting of six parts: social demographic characteristics, work-related characteristics, and scales related to W-BNS, work motivation, job satisfaction and work engagement. One-way analysis of variance, Pearson correlation analysis were performed using SPSS, and mediation analysis was carried out via PROCESS macro.

Results

Our research showed that W-BNS, work motivation, job satisfaction and work engagement were positively correlated. Work engagement was significantly predicted by W-BNS (β＝0.15, p<0.001) through motivation at work (β＝0.23, p<0.001) and job satisfaction (β＝0.44, p<0.001), respectively. Compared with work motivation, the mediating effect of job satisfaction was stronger (95% CI -0.22 to -0.06).

Conclusion

The findings suggest that job satisfaction and work motivation may be important pathways through which doctors' W-BNS may influence their work engagement. In order to maintain and promote doctors' work engagement, hospital administrators should consider strengthening the internal motivation of doctors and improving their job satisfaction.

SUBMITTER: Xu L

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9582309 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Mediation role of work motivation and job satisfaction between work-related basic need satisfaction and work engagement among doctors in China: a cross-sectional study.

Xu Le L Wang Zhonghua Z Li Zhong Z Lin Yuxin Y Wang Juanjuan J Wu Yang Y Tang Jinhai J

BMJ open 20221019 10

<h4>Objectives</h4>This study aims to examine the association of work-related basic need satisfaction (W-BNS) with doctors' work engagement and explore the mediating role of work motivation and job satisfaction between the two variables.<h4>Design</h4>This was a cross-sectional study.<h4>Setting</h4>The study was conducted in four public grade A tertiary hospitals in China.<h4>Participants</h4>A total of 1000 doctors were invited to participate; 849 doctors completed questionnaires validly.<h4>P ...[more]

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Mediation role of work motivation and job satisfaction between work-related basic need satisfaction and work engagement among doctors in China: a cross-sectional study.

Objectives

Design

Setting

Participants

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Results

Conclusion

Publications

Mediation role of work motivation and job satisfaction between work-related basic need satisfaction and work engagement among doctors in China: a cross-sectional study.

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