Department of Public Health, School of Health, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.
Health in Disasters and Emergencies Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2022 Aug;68(5):1135-1140. doi: 10.1177/00207640211023081. Epub 2021 Jun 6.
In today's world as the globe of organizations, employees tend to show endeavor and more involvement in organizational goals and mission by creating workplace spirituality.
The present study aimed to investigate the role of workplace spirituality in improving hospital social worker's motivation.
The study employed a cross-sectional design and was conducted in 19 private and governmental hospitals in Karaj city, Alborz province, north Iran in 2019. The statistical population included all 302 hospital social workers who were selected as the sample population according to Cochran's formula. Using two standard questionnaires of workplace spirituality and employee motivation, we assessed the role of workplace spirituality in improving the hospital' social workers' motivation.
According to research findings, there were significant relationships between workplace spirituality, meaningful working, sense of community, forgiveness, and honesty with hospital social workers motivation ⩽ .05. There was a significant difference between age group, gender, level of education and workplace spirituality, and motivation of hospital social workers ⩽ .05.
Findings suggest that health planners and authorities may need to examine factors that contribute to the promotion of workplace spirituality to increase the motivation of hospital social workers for improved performance of health organizations.
在当今全球化的组织世界中，员工通过营造职场精神，倾向于为组织目标和使命付出更多努力和投入。
本研究旨在探讨职场精神对提高医院社会工作者工作动机的作用。
本研究采用横断面设计，于 2019 年在伊朗阿尔博兹省卡拉季市的 19 家私营和政府医院进行。总体人群包括所有 302 名医院社会工作者，他们根据 Cochran 公式被选为样本人群。使用职场精神和员工激励的两个标准问卷，评估职场精神在提高医院社会工作者激励方面的作用。
研究结果表明，职场精神、有意义的工作、社区意识、宽恕和诚实与医院社会工作者的激励之间存在显著关系（P ⩽ 0.05）。医院社会工作者的年龄组、性别、教育程度和职场精神与激励之间存在显著差异（P ⩽ 0.05）。
研究结果表明，卫生规划者和主管部门可能需要检查有助于促进职场精神的因素，以提高医院社会工作者的工作动机，从而改善卫生组织的绩效。
