Examining the motivational power of occupational therapy profession among occupational therapist in Fars providence in 1390.

Ghamari, N.; Derakhshanrad, S. A.; Ghamari, M.; Ghamari, E.

Background and Aim: Occupational Therapy (OT) as a holistic profession considers all aspects of a disease and leads the patients towards independent daily activities by providing appropriate treatment techniques. Considering the importance of this major in the health sector, it is required that the occupational and educational planners examine the intrinsic factors affecting the motivation of the occupational therapists. The purpose of this study was determining the job motivation among occupational therapist of Fars province based on Motivating Potential Score (MPS), so that, the job dimension and finally the motivational power of this profession to be examined. Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 1390. The statistical population includes all occupational therapist (41 people) of Fars province. Data collection tool was the valid questionnaire of Job Characteristics Model (JCM) adopted from John Wagner. Pearson correlation coefficient was used. To examine the reliability of questionnaire the Cronbach's alpha coefficient and to determine the validity of it, the Content validity was used. Results: There was no significant relationship between demographic variables and the motivational power (p>0/05). The mean scores was 2/73 ± 0/16 for Skill Variety, 2/04 ± 0/15 for Task Identity, 2/60 ± 0/14 for Task Significance, 2/82 ± 0/16 for Autonomy, 2/43 ± 0/12 for Feedback and the mean score of OT motivational power was19/21±15/49. Conclusion: In this study the motivational power of OT profession was low. Based on MPS, The structure of OT does not provide intrinsic motivation for its practitioners.

EMPLOYEE motivation; OCCUPATIONAL therapists; SCALE analysis (Psychology); JOB descriptions; CRONBACH'S alpha; DEMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGY

Modern Rehabilitation, 2012, Vol 6, Issue 3, p1

2008-2576

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