title: Job characteristic perception and intrinsic motivation in medical record department staff.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Human resources are key factors in service organizations like hospitals. Therefore, motivating human recourses to achieve the objectives of an organization is important. Job enrichment is a strategy used to increase job motivation in staffs. The goal of the current study is to determine the relationship between job characteristics and intrinsic motivation in medical record staff in hospitals related to Medical Science University in Isfahan in 2011-2012 academic year.
  
  
  METHODS
  The type of the study is descriptive and corelational of multi variables. The population of the study includes all the medical record staffs of medical record department working in Medical Science hospitals of Isfahan. One hundred twentyseven subjects were selected by conducting a census. In the present study, data collected by using two questionnaires of job characteristics devised by Hackman and Oldeham, and of intrinsic motivation. Content validity was confirmed by experts and its reliability was calculated through coefficient of Cronbach's alpha (r1 = 0.84- r2 = 0.94). The questionnaires completed were entered into SPSS(18) software; furthermore, statistical analysis done descriptively (frequency percent, mean, standard deviation, Pierson correlation coefficient,...) and inferentially (multiple regression, MANOVA, LSD).
  
  
  RESULTS
  A significant relationship between job characteristics as well as its elements (skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy and feedback) and intrinsic motivation was noticed. (p < or = 0.05). Also the results of multivariable regression showed that the relationship between job characteristic and intrinsic motivation was significant and job feedback had the most impact upon the intrinsic motivation. No significant difference was noticed among the mean amounts of job characteristic perception according to age, gender, level of education, and the kind of educational degree in hospitals. However, there was a significant difference among the mean amounts of job characteristic perception according to the unit of service and the years of servicein hospitals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings show that all job characteristics had positive effect upon intrinsic motivations and job feedback had the most effect on intrinsic motivation. Hence, it is necessary to take into account that job characteristics have a great role in changing the level of intrinsic motivation in the staffs.
authors.affiliation: Health Management and Economic Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Sakineh Saghaeiannejad
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Isfahani
authors.forename: Soosan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bahrami
authors.forename: Sedighe
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Torki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008500:Medical Records Department, Hospital; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires