The purpose of this study is to provide a new perspective of the motivation-performance link, and the influence of satisfying each basic human needs, described by Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, on employees’ professional performance. We assumed that the positive relationship between each dimension of motivation and professional performance is mediated by work satisfaction. The proposed conceptual model was operationalized by seven latent constructs (the five dimensions of motivation, inspired by the Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, job satisfaction and the professional performance), each of them measured by several observed indicators. The survey conducted for this occasion, was filled in by 824 employees from Romanian health organizations. Based on the research results, we can state that the Romanian health system employees are mostly motivated by meeting the needs of higher level, especially the need of self-actualization, and to a lesser extent by meeting the lower level ones. Those findings may serve as useful insights for health system policy makers and managerial practices in designing and implementing the most effective motivational strategies, able to generate increased professional performance.

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马斯洛的需求层次理论对医护人员绩效的启示

这项研究的目的是提供动机与绩效之间的联系的新视角，以及满足每个基本人类需求（由马斯洛需求层次描述）对员工职业绩效的影响。我们假设动机和职业绩效的每个维度之间的正向关系是由工作满意度所介导的。拟议的概念模型由七个潜在的构想（动机的五个维度，由马斯洛的需求层次结构，工作满意度和专业绩效启发）进行了操作，每个构想都由几个观察到的指标进行了度量。这次调查由罗马尼亚卫生组织的824名员工进行。根据研究结果，我们可以说，罗马尼亚卫生系统员工的主要动力是满足更高层次的需求，尤其是自我实现的需求，而满足较低层次的员工则较少。这些发现可以为卫生系统决策者和管理实践提供有用的见解，以设计和实施最有效的激励策略，从而提高专业绩效。