*Associate Professor, School of Management Studies, Anna University of Technology Coimbatore, Jothipuram Post, Coimbatore-641047, Tamil Nadu, India
**Full Time Ph.D Research Scholar, School of Management Studies, Anna University of Technology Coimbatore, Jothipuram Post, Coimbatore-641047, Tamil Nadu, India
Online published on 21 September, 2017.
The principle of this research is to explain a representation of nurses’ work motivation applicable to the human caring standpoint of professional nursing work. The theory of the Motivation to Care for Professional Nursing Work is a construction proposed for experimental testing and theory construction. The theory recommends explicit leadership and management strategies to sustain a culture of motivational caring and capability in health care organizations. Attention to motivation theory and research affords imminent and proposes relationships amongst nurses’ motivation to care, motivational states and traits, personality differences that persuades nurses’ work motivation, and the particular effects of nurses’ work motivation on patient care results. Suggestions for nursing administrative direction and research are planned and projected.
Nursing, Motivation (psychology), Leadership, Health services
