Perceived Organizational Support and Proactive Work Behavior of Temporary Nurses in Tertiary Hospitals in Xishuangbanna City, the People’s Republic of China
Keywords:
Perceived organizational support, Proactive work behavior, Temporary Nurse, Tertiary hospitalsAbstract
Proactive work behavior is necessary for nurses as it contributes to organizational outcomes, and previous research has found that perceived organizational support is one of the factors that influences the proactive behavior of personnel. This descriptive correlational study aimed to explore perceived organizational support and proactive work behavior, and to examine the relationship between the two in nurses. The sample included 271 temporary nurses who work in 2 tertiary hospitals in Xishuangbanna city, Yunnan Province, China. Research instruments consisted of the Survey of Nurse Perceived Organizational Support (SNPOS) developed by Wang et al. (2014) and the Proactive Work Behavior Scale (PWBS) developed by Parker and Collins (2010) and translated into Chinese by Mu (2017). The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of SNPOS and PWBS were 0.96 and 0.88, respectively. Descriptive statistics and Spearman’s rank-order correlation were used to analyze data.
Results revealed:
1. The level of overall perceived organizational support of temporary nurses was high ("X" ̅ = 3.89, SD = 0.72).
2. The level of overall proactive work behavior as perceived by temporary nurses was at a moderate level ("X" ̅ = 2.95, SD = 0.61). Sub-dimensions of proactive work behavior, which include problem prevention, individual innovation, voice, and taking charge as perceived by temporary nurses, were at moderate levels ("X" ̅ = 3.20, SD = 0.75; "X" ̅ = 2.74, SD = 0.80; "X" ̅ = 2.96, SD = 0.75; "X" ̅ = 2.91, SD = 0.79, respectively).
3. There was a significant positive correlation between perceived organizational support overall, as well as for each sub-dimension of proactive work behavior including problem prevention, individual innovation, voice, and taking charge (r = .25, p < .01; r = .19, p < .01; r = .23, p < .01; r = .25, p < .01;
r = .17, p < .01, respectively).
Results could provide valuable information for hospitals and nurse administrators to be aware of the importance of offering organizational support for nurses in order to ameliorate proactive work behavior.
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