Investigating the relationship between motivation-hygiene factors and mental health of employees (Case study: The employees of Keshavarzi Bank in Tehran)

This study is conducted with the aim of investigating the relationship between motivational and hygienic factors and general health in employees of Keshavarzi Bank in Tehran. The research is descriptive and correlational. The study population consisted of all the employees of Keshavarzi Bank in Tehran in the second half of 2015. The sample consisted of 200 employees who were selected using random cluster sampling. The research tools included General Health Questionnaire and Herzberg s Motivation and Hygiene Factors Questionnaire. To analyze the data, Pearson correlation method was used. The results showed correlation of motivational factors and general health and its sub-scales in the employees of Keshavarzi Bank is negative and significant (P <0.05). Correlation of hygienic factors and general health and its sub-scales in the employees of Keshavarzi Bank is negative and significant (P <0.05) and also, correlation of subscales of hygiene factors and subscales of motivational factors in the employees of Keshavarzi Bank is positive and significant (P <0.05).