Abstract
This study examined the impact of Motivation on the psychological wellbeing among Nurses. The design of the study used is Cohort. The area of the study is Enugu Metropolis. The population of the study is Two hundred and fifty (250) Nurses. The sample and sampling technique used are two hundred and fifty purposively selected. Two instruments were used to collect data. The instruments are Work extrinsic and intrinsic motivations and Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing scales that were adopted that indicated responses from the two hundred and fifty (250) Nurses. The instruments were validated by three experts, two from measurements and evaluation and one from psychology education. ANOVA was used to analyze responses from participants. Results show that motivation predicted psychological wellbeing among Nurses. Result indicated that motivation predicted psychological wellbeing with (β= 0.18, t=2.74). This clearly does not agree with the hypothesis that motivation will not significantly predict psychological wellbeing among Nurses. Hence the hypothesis which stated that motivation will not statistically significantly predict psychological wellbeing among Nurses was not confirmed. The study recommends that Nurses should be highly motivated in order to maintain stable psychological wellbeing.
Highlights
The psychological well-being has progressed rapidly since the emergence of the field over five decades ago
The above result is in line with earlier studies which suggest that higher the motivation to work, lesser will be the overall psychological wellbeing, as recognition in work place is found to be effective in determining one's psychological well-being (Ryan & Deci, 2000)
The Psychological wellbeing of the Nurses has significant impact on the motivation level and it facilitates in achieving the business objectives of the health sector
Summary
The psychological well-being has progressed rapidly since the emergence of the field over five decades ago. Motivational processes can be studied in terms of underlying mechanisms in people’s brains and physiology, the vast amount of variance in human motivation is not a function of the more proximal socio-cultural conditions in which actors find them. These social conditions and processes influence what people do and how they feel while acting and as a consequence of acting. The most productive and effective nurses are highly motivated and presumably in good health Such nurses work energetically, produce high-quality outcomes, and perform optimally. Health problems in the workplace are on the rise (Vezina et al, 2008), resulting in higher cost, for organization like productivity losses, high turnover, and absenteeism rates, and for individuals (for example psychological stress and lower qualities of life)
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