Organizational Culture and Organizational Support as Factors Affecting the Innovative Behaviors of General Hospital Nurses.
10.11111/jkana.2015.21.2.223
- Author:
Yu Kyung KO
1
;
Soyoung YU
;
Kyeong Hwa KANG
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Wonkwang University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Organizational culture;
Organizational support;
Innovative behaviors;
Nurses
- MeSH:
Data Collection;
Gangwon-do;
Gyeonggi-do;
Hospitals, General*;
Organizational Culture*;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Seoul
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
2015;21(2):223-231
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to identify the effects of organizational culture and organizational support on the innovative behavior of general hospital nurses. METHODS: The participants in this study were 356 nurses, working in hospitals in Seoul, Gyeonggi and Gangwon Provinces, and Daejeon City. Data were collected from June to August, 2012. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection and data was analyzed using the SPSS/WIN program. RESULTS: The organizational culture positively correlated with innovative behavior. The most significant predictors of innovative behavior were age, organizational support and hierarchy-oriented culture. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that nurses' organizational culture and organizational support were linked to innovative behavior. Management-level workers in these hospitals should have the skills and strategies to develop nurses' innovative behavior and increases nurses' recognition of organizational support to achieve high performance through innovation.
