Table 2 Paul and Robinson’s classification of health worker motivation types
Types of Motivations | Description |
|---|---|
Financial motivation | Performance driven by desire to obtain subsidies/bonuses, salary, or other financial benefits. |
Social motivation | Performance driven by social relationships in the workplace that promote feeling of approval and/or acceptance of others, which are related to the need to identify with a group, to adhere to standards. The concept of a sense of justice in the sense of fair treatment is central. |
Internal motivation | Performance is driven by desire to act in accordance with one’s values and beliefs, independently of personal benefits, in order to feel that one’s behaviour has meaning and/or to enjoy doing one’s job on a daily basis, the various tasks related to that job, having an interest in those tasks in itself. |