RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MOTIVATIONAL ORIENTATION AND PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS IN PERSONS EMPLOYED IN THE HOSPITAL SPHERE
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https://doi.org/10.15547/tjs.2025.s.01.020Keywords:
motivation, medical staff, personal factorsAbstract
Purpose: To investigate the interrelationships between motivational orientation and certain personality characteristics in persons working in a clinical environment.
Methods: Two test instruments were used, applied to 133 medical professionals from three from three multidisciplinary hospitals in the country from three multidisciplinary hospitals in Bulgaria. The Motivational Orientation Assessment Test contains 70 items to determine the motives: Achievement Orientation, Innovation Orientation, Leadership and Relationship Orientation. A Personal five-factor questionnaire containing 75 pairs of statements measures the indicators: Extraversion-Introversion, Attachment-Separateness, Self-control-Impulsivity, Emotional Resistance-Unsustainability, and Expressivity-Practicality. The SPSS package was used.
Results: Performance-oriented individuals have dominant self-control (r=.418, p=.000), are more prone to establishing attachment (r=.277, p=.001) and expressive (r=.229, p=.005). Innovation-oriented are self-controlling (r=.341, p=.000) and expressive (r=.308, p=.000). Leadership-oriented people tend to be preferred by characteristic extroversion (r=.218, p=.000). Interaction oriented individuals demonstrate attachment (r=.435, p=.000) and self-control (r=.402, p=.000).
Conclusion: Medical staff attests to relatively high levels of self-control and are oriented towards interacting interactions in the workplace. They would increase their motivation for achievement if they were given powers and autonomy, without demonstrating a clear aspiration for leadership.
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