title: [Motivation perception measurement of intermediate directors in three complex hospitals of the Region of the Maule, Chile].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In this work, a questionnaire was designed and perceptions of motivation and demotivation of middle managers in three hospitals in the Region del Maule, Chile were measured.
  
  
  METHODS
  The fieldwork was carried out between September and October, 2006. A questionnaire that included 57 statements to measure attitude was administered and qualified according to a five-point Likert-type scale. The population studied included l25 professionals that supervise roughly 3 800 employees.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ten variables were identified, 5 motivational and 5 demotivational. Notable among the motivational variables are vocation and service-oriented spirit; among the demotivational variables are lack of recognition and commitment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is affirmed that both motivational variables as well as demotivational variables are essentially qualitative and that economic and salary variables are less relevant and less hierarchical.
authors: Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile. mabu@utalca.cl
authors: Miguel Alejandro
authors: MA
authors: Bustamante-Ubilla
authors: María Carolina
authors: MC
authors: del Río-Rivero
authors: Germán Enrique
authors: GE
authors: Lobos-Andrade
authors: Patricia Isabel
authors: PI
authors: Villarreal-Navarrete
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002677:Chile; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D008486:Physician Executives / Q000523:psychology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires