Relationship between perceived pay equity,work engagement,and burnout among medical staff in a grade A tertiary hospital
Objective To explore the relationship between perceived pay equity,work engagement,and burnout among medi-cal staff in a grade A tertiary hospital,providing a reference for reforms in hospital compensation management systems.Methods A convenience sampling method was used to survey 1 375 medical staff at Affiliated Jiangmen Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Jinan University.The Perceived Pay Equity Scale was used to assess perceived pay equity,the Chinese version of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale(UWES)was used to evaluate work engagement,and the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey(MBI-GS)was adopted to assess burnout levels.Pearson correlation analysis was employed to ex-plore the relationship between perceived pay equity,work engagement,and burnout.Multiple linear regression analysis was employed to identify factors influencing perceived pay equity.Results The total score on the Perceived Pay Equity Scale was 42.72±5.24 among the surveyed personnel,with distribution equity scoring 24.47±4.19 and procedural equity scoring 19.25±3.05.The total UWES score was 56.28±6.42,with dedication scoring 15.16±2.44,vigor scoring 21.29±3.76,and absorption scoring 19.83±3.15.The total MBI-GS score was 53.54±7.12,with emotional exhaustion scoring 22.64±4.25,depersonalization scoring 13.28±2.05,and personal accomplishment scoring 17.62±2.64.Pearson correlation anal-ysis showed that perceived pay equity was positively correlated with UWES and negatively correlated with MBI-GS(r=0.413,-0.504;P<0.05).Significant differences in Perceived Pay Equity Scale scores were found across different educa-tion levels,employment types,years of working,and professional titles of medical staff(P<0.05).Multiple linear regres-sion analysis demonstrated that education level(B=-0.874),years of working(B=0.653),professional title(B=0.719),work engagement(B=1.107),and burnout(B=-0.952)were independent influencing factors of perceived pay equity(P<0.05).Conclusion Perceived pay equity among medical staff is at a moderate level and is closely correlated with education level,years of working,professional title,work engagement,and burnout.It is recommended that hospital ad-ministrators further optimize compensation management systems to increase perceived pay equity and to reduce talent loss.
Grade A tertiary hospitalMedical staffPerceived pay equityWork engagementBurnout