Results: In individual priorities, higher order needs strength were negatively correlated with age and duration
of service. Regarding nurses’ internal psychological states, central hospital nurses had less sense of
meaningfulness of work. Nurses’ individual priorities (i.e. their higher order needs strength and shared values
with the organization) correlated with their work motivation. Their internal psychological states (i.e. their
experienced meaningfulness of work, experienced responsibility for work outcomes and their knowledge of
results) correlated with intrinsic work motivation.