Research Article | Open Access

Explaining Doctors' Work Values from Personality Traits and Hospital Characteristics

    Noor Fatima

    Government College University, Lahore

    Iftikhar Ahmad

    Government College University, Lahore


Received
10 Jan, 2005
Accepted
03 Dec, 2008
Published
31 Dec, 2008

Present study explored the relationship of personality traits and hospital characteristics with work values of junior doctors in the context of public and trust hospitals. NEO-Five Factor Inventory (Costa & McCrae, 1992), Hospital Characteristics Questionnaire (Tepeci, 2001), and Work Values Questionnaire (Elizur, Borg, Hunt, & Beck, 1991) were administered on a sample of 200 junior doctors. Personality traits explained Cognitive, Affective, and Instrumental work values of junior doctors working in the trust­ hospitals more robustly (27% - 50%) than those in the public­ hospitals (11% - 14%). Agreeableness and Conscientiousness emerged as the major personality traits in all doctors. However, Quality of service and Compensation/benefits, as hospital characteristics, were perceived as salient to trust-hospitals more than public-hospitals in influencing work values.

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APA-7 Style
Fatima, N., Ahmad, I. (2008). Explaining Doctors' Work Values from Personality Traits and Hospital Characteristics. Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research, 23(3-4), 65-82. https://pjpr.scione.com/cms/abstract.php?id=438

ACS Style
Fatima, N.; Ahmad, I. Explaining Doctors' Work Values from Personality Traits and Hospital Characteristics. Pak. J. Psychol. Res 2008, 23, 65-82. https://pjpr.scione.com/cms/abstract.php?id=438

AMA Style
Fatima N, Ahmad I. Explaining Doctors' Work Values from Personality Traits and Hospital Characteristics. Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research. 2008; 23(3-4): 65-82. https://pjpr.scione.com/cms/abstract.php?id=438

Chicago/Turabian Style
Fatima, Noor, and Iftikhar Ahmad. 2008. "Explaining Doctors' Work Values from Personality Traits and Hospital Characteristics" Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research 23, no. 3-4: 65-82. https://pjpr.scione.com/cms/abstract.php?id=438