Effects of Self-leadership and Job Involvement on Clinical Competence in General Hospital Nurses.
10.11111/jkana.2013.19.4.462
- Author:
Yonghee HAN
1
;
Youngrye PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Hallym Polytechnic University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Self leadership;
Job involvement;
Clinical competence;
Nurses
- MeSH:
Clinical Competence;
Hospitals, General
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
2013;19(4):462-469
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study was performed to identify the effects of self-leadership and job involvement on clinical competence in general hospital nurses. METHODS: The participants in this study were 443 staff nurses working in general hospitals and having more than 6 months of nursing experience. Data were collected using self-administered questionnaires. RESULTS: There were significant positive correlations between nurses' self-leadership and job involvement, and between nurses' self-leadership and clinical competence. In the multiple regression analysis, clinical career, type of department and self-leadership were significant predictors in explaining nurses' clinical competence and accounted for 28% of the variance in nurses' clinical competence. CONCLUSION: Study findings suggest that nurses' self-leadership is defined as having an important influence on nurses' clinical competence. In order to strengthen nurses' clinical competence, there is a need to develop education programs to increase nurses' self-leadership.
