Change Commitment and Learning Orientation as Factors Affecting the Innovativeness of Clinical Nurses.
10.11111/jkana.2013.19.3.404
- Author:
Kyeong Hwa KANG
1
;
Yu Kyung KO
Author Information
1. Division of Nursing, Hallym University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Change commitment;
Learning orientation;
Innovativeness;
Nurse
- MeSH:
Learning;
Orientation;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
2013;19(3):404-413
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to identify the effects of change commitment and learning orientation on the innovativeness of clinical nurse. METHODS: The participants in this study were 268 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 collect and data was analyzed using the SPSS/WIN program. RESULTS: The most significant predictors of innovativeness were education, normative commitment, continuance commitment and learning commitment. Continuance commitment negatively correlated with innovativeness. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that nurses' commitment to change and learning commitment were strongly linked to innovativeness. Management-level workers in these hospitals should have the skills and strategies to promote commitment to change include developing positive expectations about change positive outcomes.
