JOB MOTIVATION AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES OF KEMBATA ZONE AND TEMBARO SPECIAL WOREDA, CENTRAL ETHIOPIA

Abstract

Background: Low morale in the workforce can undermine the quality of service provision and drive workers away from the profession. Motivation is defined as an individual's degree of willingness to exert and maintain an effort toward attaining organizational goals. It is an internal psychological process that activates, guides, and maintains behavior toward a goal, and a transactional process. Objective: To assess job motivation and associated factors among health professionals in public health facilities of Kembata zone and Tembaro special woreda, Central Ethiopia. Methods: A facility-based cross-sectional study design was conducted among 617 randomly selected health professionals working at Kembata zone and Tembaro special woreda, public health facilities from July 1 – August 30, 2023. A pretested structured questionnaire was used to collect data using a self-administered interview. Data were entered into Epi Data version 4.6 and analyzed using STATA version 17.0. Binary logistic regression analysis was carried out to identify factors associated with outcome variables. Odds ratio along with 95% confidence interval was used to present the finding and statistical significance was reported at p-value <0.05. Result: In the current study, 45.87% (95% CI: 41.88, 49.89) of the health professionals have good job motivation in their job. Being married [AOR=1.52, 95% CI:1.02,2.26], working at health centers [AOR= 2.54; 95% CI=1.58, 4.08], received carrier development opportunities [AOR= 1.87; 95% CI=1.21, 2.89], being satisfied with job [AOR= 2.77; 95% CI=1.87, 4.10], have work pressure [AOR= 1.55; 95% CI=1.06, 2.27], and have good organizational commitment [AOR= 2.45; 95% CI=1.66, 3.60] were significantly associated with job motivation among health professionals. Conclusion: In this study, below half of health professionals scored a good motivation for their jobs evidencing low health professionals' motivation. Marital status, career development opportunities, types of health facilities, job satisfaction, work pressure, and organizational commitment were predominantly affecting factors of health professionals' job motivation. The responsible bodies should pay attention to Interventions to improve the health professionals’ job motivation by targeting the indicated factors affecting their job in their health facilities.