Occupational Motivation Research Articles

Institution and Occupational Motivation of Students in Vocational Institutions in the North Great Plain Region of Hungary in Relation to Socio-Economic Status

Institution and Occupational Motivation of Students in Vocational Institutions in the North Great Plain Region of Hungary in Relation to Socio-Economic Status

Exploring the consequences of nurses’ involvement in disaster response: findings from a qualitative content analysis study

BackgroundThe presence of nurses during disasters can lead to many consequences. Understanding the nurses’ experiences of these consequences can provide valuable insights. Therefore, this study was conducted to explore the experiences of Iranian nurses regarding the consequences they faced when being present during disasters.MethodsThis qualitative descriptive study employed a content analysis approach to examine the topic at hand. 20 nurses working in the emergency units of Kerman hospitals were selected through purposive sampling. In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted to collect the data. The data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis proposed by Graneheim and Lundman. MAXQDA 10 was used to manage data.ResultsAfter analysis of the interviews, two main categories were identified: overlapping of job frustrations and acquiring experience in difficult conditions. The main category of acquiring experience in difficult conditions comprised the following subcategories: improved quality of care, experience and dedication in fulfilling the role, reduced stress, occupational motivation and enthusiasm, increased self-confidence, and improved social status. On the other hand, the category of overlapping of job frustrations also consisted of the subcategories of physical strength deterioration, psychological and emotional distress, discontinued from supports, feelings of hopelessness, increased exposure to violence and aggression, and occurrence of family problems.ConclusionBeing present during disasters and obtaining the necessary competencies can have positive consequences that serve as turning points in the personal and professional growth of nurses. Additionally, favorable outcomes can help nurses cope with adverse circumstances. Managers can utilize the findings of this study to develop strategies aimed at reducing negative outcomes and enhancing positive ones among nurses during disasters.

Structural modeling of the relationship between occupational stress, occupational motivation, and job satisfaction among school teachers in the Sultanate of Oman

Structural modeling of the relationship between occupational stress, occupational motivation, and job satisfaction among school teachers in the Sultanate of Oman

Nursing Students' Occupational Motivation, Occupational Commitment Levels and Related Factors

Nursing students' occupational motivation and commitment levels are essential for their development and success. Therefore, this study aimed to determine nursing students' occupational motivation, commitment levels, and related factors. The descriptive and cross-sectional study data were collected between March and April 2023. The study sample consisted of 326 students studying at the Nursing Departments of the Faculty of Health Sciences of two universities in a province of Türkiye in the 2022-2023 academic year. The data were collected using the Personal Information Form, Four-Dimensional Occupational Commitment Scale, and Motivation’s Resources and Problems Scale. It was determined that the occupational commitment levels, motivation levels, and academic achievements of the students differed according to the students' years, the high school they graduated from, the state of choosing the nursing department willingly, the state of being satisfied with school life, the reason for choosing the nursing profession, the willingness to do postgraduate education. In addition, there is a significant relationship between students' occupational commitment and occupational motivation. Educating students about occupational values is necessary to ensure occupational development. By developing strategies related to these factors affecting students, it is possible to train professional nurses with high occupational motivation and commitment to their profession.

Influence Factors for Family Physician Contract Services’ Motivation in China: An Empirical Analysis From Jiangsu Province

Since the medical reform implemented by the Chinese government in 2016, more attention has been paid to family doctors and the key role they play in safeguarding citizens’ health. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the factors that affect the motivation of family doctors to provide contracted services. In this study, factors influencing the motivation of family doctors to provide contract services are divided into intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation includes family doctors’ sense of professional belonging, occupational motivation, and occupational efficacy, while extrinsic motivation includes the attraction, support, and promotion of contract services, as well as pressure from government and community health service institutions. And the environment in which family doctors operate during their contracted services. The questionnaire was designed with a sample size of 536 family doctors in Jiangsu Province using logical reasoning method. Stata16 software is used for empirical analysis using linear regression method. The empirical analysis is conducted using the linear regression method. A family physician’s motivation is categorized into two perspectives: intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Significant findings unveiled that; (i) Family physicians’ sense of professional belonging ( β = .026, p < .01), professional motivation ( β = .076, p < .05), and professional efficacy ( β = .148, p < .01) had a significant positive on their contract services, (ii) Promotion ( β = .085, p < .01), the attractiveness of family physicians’ contract services ( β = .092, p < .01) and contract service support ( β = .137, p < .01) showed a positive effect, whereas (iii) intense pressure ( β = −.079, p < .01) experienced by family physicians could negatively affect their contract services. Among the intrinsic and external factors, only intense pressure negatively affects family physician contracted services. This finding indicates that decision-makers should adopt feedback mechanisms at the various health levels to encourage workers to measure motivational levels and output themselves.

Making military conscription count? Converting competencies between the civilian and military spheres in a neoliberal Estonia

While past decades Western societies have been shifting from mandatory military service toward all-volunteer forces, a number of them have retained conscription. A growing emphasis on individualization and neoliberalist ideas results in a tension for youths between fulfilling a duty and the need for constant self-development. We argue that a central mechanism for addressing this challenge is convertibility, the ability to use competencies gained in one sphere in another, and thus increasing the individual value of conscription for recruits. By linking convertibility to societal expectations, we demonstrate how societies shape ideas of what is convertible and why, and by relating convertibility to agency and motivation, we extend the concept to the individual level. We argue that as material rewards are limited and conscripts cannot rely on occupational motivations, convertibility has a potential to increase the value of conscription for recruits and enable them to combine institutional motivators with utilitarian motives.

The Effect of Social Support on the Motivation of Health Workers of Yazd with the Mediating Role of Job Stress

Background: Considering the impact of employees' motivation on the quantity and quality of their performance, it is necessary that managers pay attention to the variables which strengthen and weaken motivation. Social support means being accepted by society and appreciating the employees' services by people, which can be effective in reducing job stress and tensions and improving employees' motivation. Occupational stress is a phenomenon in which employees are caught when facing expectations beyond their known capacity. It manifests itself in the form of physiological, psychological and behavioral effects. The aim of this article is to examine the effect of social support on the motivation of health sector employees with the mediating role of job stress in the health and treatment sector of Yazd.
 Methods: The present cross-sectional study was conducted on the employees of the health and treatment in Yazd in 2021. Using Cronbach's alpha formula, 346 employees were selected by simple random method. The required data were collected by 3 standard questionnaires: Haynes et al, Perry and Karnavaq et al. The convergent, divergent, and content validity and the composite reliability coefficient of the questionnaire were confirmed by the opinion of management professors and experts of Yazd health and treatment department. Using Cronbach's alpha test, its internal consistency was confirmed. In order to analyze data, descriptive statistics and structural equation model and SPSS 20 and AMOS 18 software were used.
 Results: 3 research hypotheses were confirmed through the path test and structural equation model. The findings showed that social support with the critical value of (3.163) and path coefficient of (0.85) had a positive and significant effect on employees' motivation (P = 0.002). Social support had a negative and significant effect (P = 0/042) on job stress with the critical value of (- 2.996) and path coefficient of (- 0.17). Job stress also had a negative and significant effect (P = 0.001) on employees' motivation with a critical value of (- 2.308) and the path coefficient of (- 0.28). Finally, job stress played a mediating role regarding the test statistic (2.12) in the path of these 2 variables.
 Conclusion: As the coverage of social support increases, mental health and occupational motivation of each individual improve, and finally, stress-related factors will be reduced.

Social and occupational motivations of students in the College of Physical Education and ‎Sports Sciences at the University of Anbar

The study aimed to identify the most important motivations of students in the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at Anbar University (social and professional). And the professional from a scale prepared by Mohamed Ibrahim Al-Dhahabi, Mansoura University, 2010. The results were that the most important social motives are the assertion that the personality is able to modify the attitudes and behaviors of students, followed by the motive of achieving a better social position, while the most important professional motive is increasing the chances of obtaining external work, followed by the multiplicity and diversity of job opportunities for graduates of physical education and sports sciences. The researcher recommended the necessity of investing students' motives and directing them in the light of those motives in academic and vocational preparation, as well as adopting these measurements in identifying students' attitudes towards studying in physical education and sports sciences.

ROLE OF INVOLVEMENT WITH PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATION OF LIFE-SENSE ORIENTATIONS OF TODAY'S STUDENTS OF PEDAGOGICAL INSTITUTIONS

The article discusses students' personal growth and preparedness for their future professional occupation during their learning in a pedagogical university. The authors address the effects of involvement in professional occupation during their university study on the life-meaning areas. The following methods were used to conduct this study: questionnaire surveys; "Who am I?", a reflective self-assessment test developed by V.S. Mukhina; the life-sense orientation test developed by D.A. Leontiev; the Value Survey by Milton Rokeach; Occupational Motivation Methodology by C. Zamfir updated by A. Rean, and the statistical methods of empirical data processing: Pearson's x2 criterion and cluster analysis. The research covered the students of the pedagogical institute, with 100 students in the 1st through 4th year. The empirical research identified five subject clusters distinguished by their involvement in professional activities and life-sense orientations. The research allows us to view professional involvement during students' higher education periods as a factor of their professional motivation in the context of digital education.

ROLE OF INVOLVEMENT WITH PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATION OF LIFE-SENSE ORIENTATIONS OF TODAY'S STUDENTS OF PEDAGOGICAL INSTITUTIONS

The article discusses students' personal growth and preparedness for their future professional occupation during their learning in a pedagogical university. The authors address the effects of involvement in professional occupation during their university study on the life-meaning areas. The following methods were used to conduct this study: questionnaire surveys; "Who am I?", a reflective self-assessment test developed by V.S. Mukhina; the life-sense orientation test developed by D.A. Leontiev; the Value Survey by Milton Rokeach; Occupational Motivation Methodology by C. Zamfir updated by A. Rean, and the statistical methods of empirical data processing: Pearson's x2 criterion and cluster analysis. The research covered the students of the pedagogical institute, with 100 students in the 1st through 4th year. The empirical research identified five subject clusters distinguished by their involvement in professional activities and life-sense orientations. The research allows us to view professional involvement during students' higher education periods as a factor of their professional motivation in the context of digital education.

The relationship between Motivation for Occupation and Pattern of Occupation scores of the MOHOST and types of discharge placement from a mental health rehabilitation unit

Introduction Model of Human and Occupational Screening Tool (MOHOST) is a scale used to assess occupational functioning in mental health inpatients which can inform suitable post-discharge placements. However, there is little research on the relationship between scores on Motivation for Occupation (MO) and Pattern of Occupation (PO) subscales of the MOHOST and types of discharge placement. Method The records of all patients discharged over a 2-year period from a male psychiatric rehabilitation unit were examined. All patients had undergone MOHOST assessments; however, these scores were not a factor in their discharge placement selection. Analyses were done on types of discharge placements (transfer to another psychiatric unit or community discharge) versus predischarge scores in MO and PO of MOHOST. Results N = 20 and average length of stay was 23 months. There was positive correlation between MO and PO scores and discharge placements (rs = 0.66, p = 0.002; rs = 0.67 and p = 0.001, respectively). Using ordinal logistic regression, for each unit increase of negative score in PO, there was 0.68 increase in the log odds of more restrictive discharge placements, p = 0.008. Conclusion The study suggests that MOHOST is a useful tool in determining suitable placements for patients being discharged or transferred from psychiatric rehabilitation units.

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BACKGROUND The present study intended to determine the effectiveness of flourish training on occupational wellbeing. The statistical population of this study were trainers of exceptional children with special needs. METHODS Thirty people were randomly selected among this population and then appointed to two experiment and control groups. Pretest-posttest with control group design was used to achieve the objectives of the study. Study instruments included occupational wellbeing, occupational burnout, occupational motivation, and occupational fascination questionnaires (for both groups). Flourish training was performed on the experiment group in 10 sessions, and the post-test was carried out for both groups after the end of the sessions. Then, multivariate analysis tests and SPSS v17 were used to analyse data. RESULTS The results showed that flourish training made a significant difference in all research variables between experiment (133.6 ± 33.65) and control (121.8 ± 80.52) groups. It means that the mean of the experiment group has significantly increased compared to the control group, indicating flourish training effectiveness on occupational wellbeing. CONCLUSIONS The results of this study may be used to improve positivism among individuals. KEY WORDS Flourish Training, Occupational Wellbeing, Exceptional Children, Special Needs

Being the Teacher of Syrian Refugee Students: Teachers’ School Experiences

This study aims to focus on the class and school wide experiences of teachers working with Syrian refugee students and to reveal what these experiences indicate in terms of inclusive education. The main hypothesis of the present study is that inclusive education should be reconsidered in terms of teachers’ in-service /preservice training, beliefs, attitudes and competencies. Qualitative design was employed in the study since it explored teachers’ lived experiences on refugee student phenomenon. The sample consisted of 21 teachers who were voluntary to participate and chosen from five schools located in two different districts of Kayseri where refugee population is dense. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed through content analysis. The results showed that teachers put into practice actions to boost refugee students’ active participation in classroom and reduce discrimination against them. However, the teachers believed that their efforts to provide refugee students with qualified and equal education were not sufficient. They also believed that they were not proficient to train refugee students. As for assessment, the results revealed that differences of refugee students were ignored, and this was caused by lack of legal regulations and knowledge. It was determined that teachers put forth an effort to design social environment in the classroom to include belonging and they had experiences consistent with reactive and preventive approaches. Lastly, it can be said that the main source of occupational motivation for teachers is affection for children. It was suggested that curriculum be designed in a way that it included refugee students, long-running studies be planned, and preservice / in-service trainings be reconsidered contextually.

The motives of people who delay retirement: An occupational perspective

Background Increasing numbers of people are delaying retirement. Studies of their motives are scarce and biased to Western contexts. Aims The aim was to explore internal and external motives of older Slovenians who continue to work after becoming eligible for retirement. Methods Nine workers, aged 59–72, were interviewed. The interviews were analysed using thematic analysis. Findings Three main themes were extracted. The ‘Foundations’ described the prerequisites for continued work engagement that were often non-negotiable. The ‘Rewards’ included the benefits of working and suggested a strong pull towards the non-material aspects of work. ‘Negotiating occupational challenges’ summarized an internal crisis that was experienced when faced with a potential occupational void of retirement. Conclusions Although the participants’ motivations were not homogenous, we identified a pattern in the way they constructed their motives in relation to the occupational life trajectories and contextual factors. Based on our findings and multidisciplinary theories, we proposed a hierarchy of motives for prolonged work activity. Significance The study offers an occupational perspective of the phenomenon of delayed retirement and argues that the efforts of the discipline of occupational therapy should be directed at different levels of motives, including empowering people to nurture higher level occupational motives.

Parental Perspectives of Occupational Therapy in an Equine Environment for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

This paper reports on the qualitative phase of a mixed methods study of occupational therapy in an equine environment for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The study’s quantitative phase found that this intervention improved the occupational performance, social motivation, social communication, and self-regulation of some children with ASD. The study’s qualitative phase, reported herein, subsequently aimed to describe parental perspectives on children’s experiences of the intervention and its influences on everyday life. Using a qualitative descriptive research approach, five parents participated in two rounds of semi-structured interviews. Interview data were analyzed using theoretical thematic analysis. Although parents expressed some concerns about the intervention, overall they found the intervention to be appropriate and acceptable. Next research steps include creation of a manual for the intervention and assessment of feasibility across a broader range of practice sites, occupational therapists, children with ASD, and their parents.

Structural Relationship between Nurses' Occupational Motivation and Effectiveness based on the Job Crafting Model

Structural Relationship between Nurses' Occupational Motivation and Effectiveness based on the Job Crafting Model

A NARRATIVE INQUIRY ON HOW TEACHER PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY INFLUENCES TEACHER’S SCHOOL TYPE PREFERENCE

Some Indonesian English teachers prefer teaching in formal schools while some others favor non-formal schools more. This preference can be analyzed from the lense of teacher professional identity. In this study, the researcher tried to find out how teacher professional identity influences the school type teachers favor more. By conducting in-depth interviews to two non-formal school teachers from different regions in Indonesia, the researchers found out that job satisfaction, self-efficacy, occupational commitment, and occupational motivation are the factors influencing the participants’ professional identity the most. Job satisfaction could be seen, for example, in witnessing students’ progress more thoroughly; self-efficacy in being able to monitor their teaching performance; occupational commitment in teacher trainings provided by non-formal schools to build their career up; and occupational motivation in receiving manageable challenges from non-formal schools that trigger eagerness from the participants to work. Those findings could function as a reference for both formal and non-formal school stake holders in making sure that their schools could accommodate their teachers’ need in constructing their professional identity as it could influence teachers’ performance a lot.

Stories of Individual Urban Modernization in the Occupational Narratives of the Post-War Vilnius Inhabitants

After the WWII, the new inhabitants arrived to Vilnius for various reasons: some tried to escape collectivization, others planned to use the newly opened possibilities to study or work in the modern city. There were also people that had returned to Lithuania from deportation, but were banned from settling in their native communities and therefore chose Vilnius as a place to start the new phase of their lives. This article focuses on the motives related to occupation and work in the life stories of the post-war Vilnius inhabitants that settled in this city in the course of the two post-war decades. These narratives have been recorded in 2017–2019 in the course of implementing the research project “Plots of Individual Modernization in the Autobiographic Narratives of the First Generation Urban Inhabitants (Post-War Period in Vilnius)”.The modern city represented either an attractive or the only possible place for creating a new life. The increasing professional specialization is reflected in numerous stories and reveals important sides of the narrators’ identities. The article attempts to elucidate how occupational motives in the autobiographical narratives reveal the individual contributions to the formation of the modern urban culture. These motives are investigated employing the method of narrative data analysis: by establishing the most important story-lines and by associating and comparing thematically similar narratives of different people regarding their working experiences and inspirations. The occupational narrative in the life stories was regarded as an important segment of the modern urban identity. The analysis was based essentially on the notions of the modern city presented in the works by George Simmel (1950) and Michael de Certeau (1984). In all the cases it revealed modern, although rather diverse attitudes of the narrators towards their profession. These could include adapting to the newly established urban culture and making professional choices (which mostly depended on the Soviet system of studies) that were possible only in the modern urban environment. In some cases the autobiographical narratives reveal considerable anonymity partially granted by the modern Soviet city and lack of the close emotional ties, which paradoxically became a recourse for people trying to hide or escape the repressions of the Soviet political regime.

OT in an Equine Environment for Children With Autism: A Multiple Baseline Single-Case Experimental Design

Abstract Date Presented 04/05/19 Results of this single-case experimental design indicate that children with autism who participated in OT in an equine environment demonstrated improvement in individual occupational performance goals, social motivation, and social communication. Some, but not all, participants demonstrated decreased irritability and hyperactivity. Results suggest that horses and the equine environment can be effectively integrated into OT for children with autism. Primary Author and Speaker: B. Caitlin Peters Contributing Authors: Wendy Wood

The Relationship Between the Perception of the Society Related to Teaching Profession and Teachers’ Professional Motivation According to Teachers View

There is a big difficulty for teachers in order to reach desired aims, and teachers need motivation to do this job properly. The aim of study, which is managed in a quantitive approach, is to define relationship between how teaching is seen for society and perception of teachers’ professional motivation from a teacher’s perception for both variables. And finally, analyses were made on how teachers’ professional perception from society predicts their professional motivation. The research has conducted on survey method. The sample of study was consisted of 545 teachers working in primary school, middle high school and high school in province center of Duzce. Both instruments used in research (motivation of teaching and perception of society related to teaching profession) developed by researchers and pilot application was also carried out. As a result of research, it was found that professional perceptions of teachers were in moderate level and professional motivations were relatively high. The correlation between professional perceptions and professional motivations of teachers’ is positive and intermediate level. It has been revealed that perception of teaching of society was at a low level of professional motivation of teachers. It is seen that low-level coefficient in path analysis was close to Pearson Correlation between occupational perception and occupational motivation. According to teachers, perception of teaching in society, has been found to be most predictor of the and value attributed to profession as one of subscales of motivation scale. It is possible to say that as value / importance assigned by society to teaching increases, motivation of teacher will increase at a low level.