Head Nurses’ Motivating Language and Registered Nurses’ Job Performance, Government University Hospitals
Keywords:
The motivating language, Job performance, Task performance, Contextual performance, Registered NursesAbstract
The motivating language of head nurses is one method to motivate nurse are best job performance. This correlational descriptive study aimed to determine the relationship between motivating language of the head nurses and the job performance of the nurses among nurses at government university hospitals. The sample included 366 registered nurses who were selected using the stratified random sampling method. Instruments were the Head Nurses’ Motivating Language Questionnaires by Prapasanobol (2007) and the Nursing Performance Scale by Greenslade and Jimmieson (2011) that was translated by the researcher. The Cronbach’ alpha coefficients of the Head Nurses’ Motivating Language Questionnaires and the Nursing Performance Scale were .94 and .95 respectively. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation.
The results of the study revealed the followings:
- The motivating language of head nurses as perceived by registered nurses at government university hospitals was at high levels. (= 3.79, S.D. = .65)
- Task performance and contextual performance of registered nurses at government university hospitals were at high levels. (= 58.27, S.D. = 7.37 and = 72.00, S.D. = 10.54 respectively)
- There was a statistically significant positive correlation between the motivating language of head nurses and the task performance and the contextual performance of registered nurses government university hospitals. (r = .347, p < .01 and r = .343, p < .01 respectively)
Results of the study can be used by nursing administrators to promote the use of the motivating language of head nurses in order to enhance the job performance of registered nurses at government university hospitals.
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