Factors Related to Innovative Behavior of Nurses in Autonomous Hospitals, the People’s Republic of China
Keywords:
Innovative behavior, Knowledge sharing, Job autonomy, Nurse, The People’s Republic of ChinaAbstract
Innovative behavior is an important factor in introducing innovative nursing care practices. The purposes of this study were to explore nurses’ innovative behavior and to explore the factors related to innovative behaviors among nurses in autonomous hospitals in the People’s Republic of China. Participants included 385 nurses selected from 8 clinical departments in three autonomous hospitals by simple random sampling. Data were collected by a set of questionnaires consisting of four parts: a demographic data form, the Chinese version of the Knowledge Sharing Behavior Scale (KSBS), the Chinese version of the Work Autonomy Scale (WAS), and the Nurse Innovative Behavior Scale (NIBS). Regarding reliability, the Cronbach’s alpha coefficients for the KSBS, the WAS and the NIBS were 0.95, 0.92, and 0.89, respectively. Descriptive statistics, Pearson’s product-correlation coefficient, and multiple regression analysis were used for data analysis.
The study’s findings are presented as follows:
1. Nurses reported that they performed activities related to innovative behavior at a moderate level ( = 3.12, SD = .56). The activities related to innovative behavior included idea generation, support-obtaining, and idea realization. The results illustrated that nurses had the highest mean scores for idea generation ( = 3.52, SD = .58), followed by support-obtaining ( = 2.82, SD = .60), and idea realization ( = 3.04, SD = .79).
2. Knowledge sharing (r = .63, p < .001) and job autonomy (r = .20, p < .001) were associated with innovative behavior. However, only knowledge sharing could explain the variability in innovative behavior (β = .61, p < .01; R2 = .40).
The findings of this study suggest that knowledge sharing is a key factor influencing nurses’ innovative behavior. Therefore, nursing managers should establish knowledge sharing activities in order to increase innovative behavior among nurses.
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