Value-Motivational Factors of Job Satisfaction in Public Health Care Workers

Abstract

The article contains the results of an empirical study of the relationship between the aspects of the value-motivational sphere and job satisfaction in medical workers. The study was conducted on the basis of the Vladivostok Clinical and Diagnostic Center. The research revealed some factors of value-motivational sphere of personality that affect job satisfaction. Using this model of correlation, the authors describe the systems of relations between values, motivations, and job satisfaction. The paper also describes the leading role of the values of achievements and power that are reflected in the motivational sphere and job satisfaction. They, in turn, also form a self-sustaining system in the personality structure of employees. The article also features a psychological portrait of the average employee of the All-Russian Exhibition and Convention Center (generalized respondent). The results of the research are of both theoretical and applied significance. The obtained knowledge can be used to create a system of staff motivation, in the selection of personnel, as well as to create a more favorable socio-psychological climate and improve the efficiency of employees.