Core Self-evaluation and Subjective Career Success of Nurses in the People’s Hospitals of Dali, the People’s Republic of China
Keywords:
Core self-evaluation, Subjective career success, Nurse, Dali, P.R. ChinaAbstract
The subjective career success of nurses is important for improving quality of care and patient safety in hospitals. This descriptive correlational study aimed to examine core self-evaluation and subjective career success, and to identify the relationship between core self-evaluation and subjective career success among nurses. The sample consisted of 288 nurses working in the People’s Hospitals of Dali, the People’s Republic of China. A questionnaire used for data collection consisted of three parts: 1) demographic data; 2) the Modified Core Self-Evaluation Scale (CSES) and 3) the Modified Subjective Career Success Scale (SCSS). The Cronbach’s alpha coefficients’ reliability of the modified CSES and the modified SCSS from this study were 0.80 and 0.88, respectively. Descriptive statistics and Spearman's rank-order correlation coefficient analysis were used for data analysis.
The results of this study showed that core self-evaluation of nurses was at a high level; the overall subjective career success, financial success and hierarchical success subscales of nurses were at a moderate level while job success, inter-personal success and life success subscales of nurses were at a high level. There was a moderate positive correlation between core self-evaluation and overall subjective career success; job success; inter-personal success; and life success. It showed that core self-evaluation had a weak significant positive relation to hierarchical success, while there was no significant relationship between core self-evaluation and financial success.
The results of this study provide valuable information for hospital managers, human resource managers, and nursing administrators to maintain core self-evaluation and subjective career success for improving quality of nursing care and hospitals’ effectiveness.
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