Will Healthcare Workers Withhold Effort During Communicable Disease Outbreaks? An Interactive Effect of Pay Satisfaction and Perceived Organizational Support

Bibliographic Data

ID22256604
AuthorsOlusola Stella Popoola (0000-0001-8808-295X, Walter Sisulu University), Gladys Manyi Ashu (0000-0002-0083-2320, Walter Sisulu University)
Year2025
Pages2116-2126
Publication date2025-08-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueE-Journal of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2720-7722 • E-ISSN: 2720-7722
PublisherNoyam Publishers (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.38159/ehass.20256927
OpenAlexW4413957502
LanguageEN
References cited45

This study examined the influence of perceived organisational support and pay satisfaction on the withholding of effort among healthcare workers during communicable disease outbreaks. The healthcare industry is crucial in combating diseases and improving healthcare delivery. Grounded in Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory of Employee Motivation, this research adopted a quantitative approach to assess the main and interaction effects of pay satisfaction and perceived organizational support on withholding of effort. A total of 102 doctors (21.4%), 289 nurses (60.6%), 44 laboratory technicians (9.2%), and 42 pharmacists (8.8%) were purposively sampled from hospitals in Ondo State, Nigeria. Results revealed no significant main effects of perceived organizational support F (1,472) = 0.26, p >.01, or pay satisfaction F (1,472) = 0.7, p >.01, on withholding of effort. However, a significant two-way interaction effect was found, F (1,472) = 8.43, p

Business · Communicable disease · Economic growth · Economics · Health care · Job satisfaction · Non-communicable disease · Outbreak · Public health · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology · Workplace Spirituality and Leadership · Virology