Temnitsky A.L., Shishkin S.V. The Role of Certification of Health Workers in Labor Motivation. Issues of state and municipal government, 2019, Issue 2, pp. 141-167.

Abstract

Th e article considers the impact of professional certifi cation of health workers on their motivation to work. Th e research is based on the empirical data from two sociological polls of health workers in 2014 and 2018. Methods of the cross tabulation, correlation and cluster analysis are applied to examine the obtained data. Th e study has shown that for most of doctors and nurses the results of certifi cation do not have a positive impact on changes in their motivation to work. Health workers do not consider exacting recertifi cation of employees as an incentive to the professional growth and increase in labor contribution. However, there is an impact of certifi cation on motivation to work for those physicians who following the results of certifi cation had positive changes either in the nature of work or in the level of its remuneration. According to the majority of medical personnel, the main way of increase in objectivity of certifi cation has to be a confi rmation of professional skills by certifi cates on mastering modern methods of medical care. Th e other part of medical personnel gives a priority to the independent check of test tasks. 165 Temnitsky A.L., Shishkin S.V.  Th e Role of Certifi cation of Health Workers in Labor Motivation It is relevant to raise the issue of the diff erentiation of institutional design of two different functions that certifi cation performs for diff erent groups of doctors: a) confi rming the already obtained professional status by maintaining the previously assigned professional category, b) increasing their status by assigning a new professional category.  Th e article considers the impact of professional certifi cation of health workers on their motivation to work. Th e research is based on the empirical data from two sociological polls of health workers in 2014 and 2018. Methods of the cross tabulation, correlation and cluster analysis are applied to examine the obtained data. Th e study has shown that for most of doctors and nurses the results of certifi cation do not have a positive impact on changes in their motivation to work. Health workers do not consider exacting recertifi cation of employees as an incentive to the professional growth and increase in labor contribution. However, there is an impact of certifi cation on motivation to work for those physicians who following the results of certifi cation had positive changes either in the nature of work or in the level of its remuneration. According to the majority of medical personnel, the main way of increase in objectivity of certifi cation has to be a confi rmation of professional skills by certifi cates on mastering modern methods of medical care. Th e other part of medical personnel gives a priority to the independent check of test tasks.165Temnitsky A.L., Shishkin S.V.  Th e Role of Certifi cation of Health Workers in Labor MotivationIt is relevant to raise the issue of the diff erentiation of institutional design of two different functions that certifi cation performs for diff erent groups of doctors: a) confi rming the already obtained professional status by maintaining the previously assigned professional category, b) increasing their status by assigning a new professional category.