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Table 3 Item-factor correlations corrected for overlap

From: Developing and testing an instrument for identifying performance incentives in the Greek health care sector

Item

Description

FACTOR

  

1

2

3

4

 

1stFACTOR: 7 Items (alpha = 0.901)

    

20

Exercising authority

0.558

0.376

0.456

0.293

21

Significant goals

0.734

0.443

0.518

0.396

23

Creativity opportunities

0.736

0.378

0.484

0.477

24

Clear duties and objectives

0.722

0.465

0.541

0.443

25

Control over job decisions

0.762

0.429

0.459

0.458

26

Skill exploitation

0.731

0.423

0.549

0.475

28

General decision-making

0.724

0.438

0.495

0.441

 

2ndFACTOR: 4 Items (alpha = 0.822)

    

1

Salary and fringe benefits

0.442

0.708

0.343

0.409

2

Environmental conditions

0.420

0.654

0.369

0.406

4

Retirement and insurance

0.416

0.604

0.360

0.415

5

Absence policies

0.410

0.626

0.442

0.426

 

3rdFACTOR: 5 Items (alpha = 0.826)

    

14

Team-work

0.406

0.287

0.535

0.362

15

Job-related pride and respect

0.491

0.335

0.684

0.483

17

Role appreciated

0.554

0.406

0.630

0.446

19

Supervisor support

0.480

0.344

0.647

0.402

22

Treated fairly

0.454

0.402

0.613

0.420

 

4thFACTOR: 3 Items (alpha = 0.782)

    

7

Job meaningfulness

0.436

0.314

0.427

0.550

8

Respected as a person

0.453

0.476

0.450

0.700

10

Strong interpersonal relations

0.440

0.491

0.504

0.616

  1. Each item-factor correlation corrected for overlap (relevant item removed). Bold text correlations are hypothesized to be highest in same row.