Motivational factors in the careers of health care educators.
Little formal research attempts to relate personnel and job-role characteristics with motivations and satisfactions in the health care education field. This paper reports findings, based on a national multidisciplinary sample of health care educators (N = 229), that argue against cynical appraisals of motivations, job satisfactions, and job-role compatibility. A number of empirical hypotheses are derived that may serve as starting points for further inquiry. Instruments and methods useful for future research are described.
D000328:Adult; D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D002321:Career Choice; D002322:Career Mobility; D002755:Choice Behavior; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching