Nexus between Conscientiousness, Civic Virtue, Altruism and Employee Motivation among Health Workers in Oyo State

Abstract

The study investigated the nexus between conscientiousness, civic virtue, altruism, and employee motivation among health workers in Oyo State.The study examines the significant relationship between conscientiousness, civic virtue, altruism, and employee motivation.A descriptive research design was used, and primary data was collected through a self-administered structured questionnaire.Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data.A total of 127 respondents were selected from the selected hospitals in Oyo State.The researchers utilised two sets of standardised scales to make up the questionnaire: Organizational Citizenship Behavior Scale (OCBS) and Employee Motivation Scale (EMS).Data were analysed, and the formulated hypotheses were tested using Statistical Package for Social Statistics (SPSS).Findings revealed a significant relationship between altruism, civic virtue, conscientiousness and Employee p<0.05]; altruism [t (121) = 2.462, p<0.05] and conscientiousness [t (121) = 2.462, p<0.05].The study recommended that management encourage the workforce's well-being to exceed the organisation's minimum role obligatory and expected.Also, management needs to give better incentives to the employees who engage in organisational citizenship behaviour, like gifts, reimbursement, promotions, and bonuses.The management needs to reward an employee who provides additional role performance to the organisation.