The relationship between motivation and core competencies of public health personnel working in primary care units, Kanchanadit District, Suratthani Province

Abstract

    This study is a cross-sectional study design aimed to study the levels of work motivation and the core competencies, as well as the relationship between work motivation and the core competencies of public health personnel in primary care units in Kanchanadit District, Surat Thani Province. The samples consisted of 142 persons selected by a stratified random sampling from public health personnel in 18 offices, and by simple random sampling to select public health personnel from each office. Data was collected by a questionnaire, with a Cronbach's alpha coefficient at 0.96. The data was analyzed by descriptive statistics and Pearson's correlation coefficient.
     The results showed that the overall work motivation of the samples had a high level (64.08%). When considering the subdomain, the motivation factor has a high level (82.40%) and the hygiene factors had a high level (52.11%) as well. The core competencies of public health personnel had a high level (65.49%). When analyzing the relationships, it was found that overall work motivation had a positive correlation with the core competencies of public health personnel with the statistical significance level at 0.05 (r = 0.787). The motivation factor and the hygiene factors also had a positive correlation with the core competencies of public health personnel (r = 0.558 and 0.756, respectively). Therefore, the organization should encourage career advancement, motivation and stability life. For example, rising the salary, getting promoted, and providing more knowledge and skill.