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Ababe Tamirat Deressa1, Getachew Zeru2
1School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia. waktasuabe@gmail.com.
Objective:
The main objective of the study was to assess level of motivation, how nurses perceived work motivation and its effects on organizational performance among nurses working in Hawassa public and private hospitals.
Results:
It was found that majority (64.1%) of the nurses perceived motivation as motivators. Getting prospective encouragement, recognition and financial incentives were the main descriptions the nurses gave to motivation. Increased work performance, job satisfaction, good team spirit, patient satisfaction and job attachment were the reported effects of nurses' motivation.
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