Wajiha Qamar, Erum Qayum, Fatima Qayum, Nosheen Qayum, Mehran Qayum, Sana Idrees, Hassan Mehmood Khan, Nadia Pervaiz, Shafa Haider Sawal.
Motivational level of male and female lecturers and assistant professors in a private institute of medical sciences in Peshawar, Pakistan.
Pak J Public Health Jan ;4(3):16-21.
Background: Human resource is one of the most valuable assets of organizational resources which cannot be replaced by machines. Organization can achieve its objectives only by making use of all of its human, physical and nancial resources and it's through these resources the employees of an organization gets motivated. Motivation is a complex phenomenon which is difcult to measure as it varies different for different people. Health profession is considered as one of the most stressful profession in Pakistan and to provide quality of health care service delivery and education it is important that health service provider should be satised and motivated with his job. Method: The objective of this study was to nd the motivation level of lecturers and assistant professors and to compare the motivational level of male and female lecturers and assistant professors in a private institute of medical sciences in Peshawar, Pakistan. Random sampling using "pick from hat" method was done and 60 participants of both gender were interviewed (15 lecturers and 15 assistant professors) using a De Beer questionnaire on motivation and satisfaction. Results: It was found that overall the staff (lecturers and assistant professors) was motivated; however, the mean value of work content was lower which indicates that the staff was neither motivated nor de-motivated. P-value for lecturers was found to be 0.525 whereas p value calculated for assistant professors was 0.0437. Conclusion: Overall motivation was good. There was no difference in motivation of male and female lecturers but female assistant professors were more motivated than male assistant professors. (Pak J Public Health 2014;4(3):813) Keywords: Lecturers, Motivation, Assistant professor, Medical University, Peshawar
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