Intrinsic motivational drivers in medical networks from a neuroscientific perspective

Sohn S, Ottmann s, Schöffski O (2011)


Publication Language: English

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Publication year: 2011

Journal

Publisher: Association for NeuroPsychoEconomics

Book Volume: 4

Pages Range: 192 - 204

Journal Issue: 3

URI: http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/npe/

DOI: 10.1037/a0025017

Abstract

The relationship between motivation, performance, and incentives in the context of health care delivery is of high interest for the rising number of networks and other provider groups under pay-for-performance programs. Because recent literature suggests that intrinsic motivation plays a decisive role, this study analyzes the intrinsic motivational factors that drive physicians' behavior and performance by examining various motivational dimensions derived from neuroscientific approaches. The aim was to determine the existence of different motivational groups in a sample of 117 German network physicians. The motivational groups were established based on the individuals' combination of three neuroscientifically based personality traits. The cluster analysis identified four distinct clusters in the sample that allowed for the assumption that different motivational clusters of physicians do exist. Relating to the clusters, there also were clearly differing attitudes toward different forms of incentives. These results should help in finding more appropriate incentives, for example, in pay-for-performance schemes, in order to motivate network physicians and enhance their performance and effectiveness, and they partially explain the weak evidence of recent pay-for-performance evaluations

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APA:

Sohn, S., Ottmann, s., & Schöffski, O. (2011). Intrinsic motivational drivers in medical networks from a neuroscientific perspective. Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics, 4(3), 192 - 204. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0025017

MLA:

Sohn, Stefan, sabine Ottmann, and Oliver Schöffski. "Intrinsic motivational drivers in medical networks from a neuroscientific perspective." Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics 4.3 (2011): 192 - 204.

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