Management strengthening framework:
An enabling working environment
Motivation
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Rehabilitating the Workforce: the key to scaling up MNCH
World Health Report 2005 Policy Brief
Planned expansion of the workforce; rehabilitate productivity and morale; confront the remuneration issue; HR a matter of national importance. (4 pages, pdf 500kb)
En français: Notes d’orientation politique deux Améliorer le sort du personnel : l’élément clé pour développer les soins aux mères, aux nouveau-nés et aux enfants -
Creating a positive work climate in health care organizations
Global Health Technical Briefs, 2006, USAID
A positive work climate leads to employee motivation, high performance, and better results in health care. Good leadership and management practices contribute to a positive work climate.
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How to Motivate Staff
Glen Fowler and Joy Irwin, 2002, National Association or Auditors Comptrollers and Treasurers
A set of activities to examine staff motivation
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Identifying Factors for Job Motivation of Rural Health Workers in North Viet Nam
M.Dieleman, P. Viet Cuong, Le Vu Anh and T. Martineau, Human Resources for Health 2003, 1:10
Motivating factors: appreciation, stable income and training; discouraging factors: low salaries and difficult working conditions
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Developing a Salary Policy
Management Sciences for Health, 1999
Job descriptions, classification, salary range, steps, cost of living
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When Staff is Underpaid: Dealing with the Individual Coping Strategies of Health Personnel
Wim Van Lerberghe, Claudia Conceic, Wim Van Damme, & Paulo Ferrinho,
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2002;80:581-584.
Inadequate salaries and working conditions; predatory nature of coping mechanisms; competition for time, brain drain and conflicts of interest; government reluctance to address the issue openly; a more proactive approach required
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CEO On Line: Motivation
CEO Institute, 2004
Needs, rewards, behaviour, reinforcement, expectations
(Web page)