Self-efficacy, Nursing Organizational Culture and Emotional Labor in Clinical Nurses.
- Author:
Moonhee KANG
1
;
Myoungjin KWON
;
Soonyoung YOUN
Author Information
1. College of Nursing, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Self-efficacy;
Nursing organizational culture;
Emotional labor;
Nurses
- MeSH:
Hospitals, General;
Humans;
Job Satisfaction;
Organizational Culture;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
2012;21(3):266-273
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship among self-efficacy, nursing organizational culture and the emotional labor in clinical nurses. METHODS: The subjects of this study were the clinical nurses working at 3 general hospitals in D city. The self-reported questionnaires were administered to 293 clinical nurses and data were analyzed with SPSS/WIN 19.0. RESULTS: The levels of self-efficacy, nursing organizational culture and emotional labor of the subjects were revealed moderate to high. Significant explanatory variables of the degrees of self-efficacy included age, career of work and job satisfaction and nursing organizational culture included position, nursing method and job satisfaction and emotional labor included education, number of patient and job satisfaction. Correlations between self-efficacy and emotional labor and nursing organizational culture and emotional labor were negative while self-efficacy and nursing organizational culture were positive. CONCLUSION: The findings suggested the intervention program in order to improve job performance and job satisfaction, develop effective nursing organizational culture and reduce role conflicts among clinical nurses.
