Analysis the Influence of Extrinsic Motivation on Nurse Job Satisfaction at Royal Prima Hospital Medan

Abstract

Someone who has high job satisfaction will show a positive attitude toward his work, while someone dissatisfied with his work will show a negative attitude towards his work. Extrinsic motivation is a driver of work that comes from outside the worker in the form of a condition that requires carrying out work optimally. This study aims to analyze the influence of extrinsic motivation on nurse job satisfaction. This type of research is quantitative non-experimental with a descriptive approach (cross-sectional survey) and associative analysis. The study was conducted at RSU Royal Prima Marelan, in March 2022. The population in this study was all nurses with 151 nurses. The sampling technique used in this study was the Slovin Technique, with a confidence level of 95%, and an error rate of 5%, obtained with 109 respondents, plus 30 respondents as a validity test, then the overall population in this study was 139 respondents. Pearson Chi-Square's value of the Supervision variable (X1), Wages (X2), and Work Environment (X3) has a p-value smaller than the 95% signification number (α =0.05), while the Status variable (X4), has a p-value greater than the 95% signification number (α = 0.05). The results of the multivariate analysis, that from independent variables, namely Supervision (X1), Wages (X2), and Work Environment (X3), which are suspected to affect job satisfaction, the most influential is the wage variable with a p-value of 0.001 < 0.05. The OR value obtained is 6,233, meaning that high wages have a 6,233 times chance of affecting the level of job satisfaction of nurses at Royal Prima Marelan Hospital.