Analysis of managerial strategies for employee motivation in the healthcare sector.

This dissertation is a collection of three papers aiming at analysing which are the strategies and managerial levers to motivate employees in the healthcare sector. Chapter 1 offers a brief overview of the main theories dealing with motivation, it also introduces the logical connections between the research questions investigated through the three papers. Chapter 2 summarizes the findings of the literature (focusing on empirical studies) on the levers used in the healthcare sector to motivate workers. Chapter 3 analyses the relationships between job satisfaction and labour contract in 70 Tuscan Nursing Homes. Chapter 4 explores the implementation of procedures aiming at listening to the employee voice within Italian public healthcare organizations.