Career Ladder System Perceived by Nurses

Kwang Ok Park; Yoon Young Lee

doi:10.11111/jkana.2010.16.3.314

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Park and Lee: Career Ladder System Perceived by Nurses

Original Article

Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration

Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration 2010; 16(3): 314-325.

Published online: 30 September 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11111/jkana.2010.16.3.314

Career Ladder System Perceived by Nurses

Kwang Ok Park¹, Yoon Young Lee²

¹Director, Asan Academy Institute/Administration, Asan Medical Center, Korea.

²Clinical Nurses Specialist, Department of Nursing, Asan Medical Center, Korea.

Correspondence: Lee, Yoon-Young. Department of Nursing, Asan Medical Center, 86 Asan byeong won-gil, Song pa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Korea. Tel: 82-2-3010-8448, Fax: 82-2-3010-8089, yoonyoung1@hanmail.net

Received 29 July 2010 Revised 15 September 2010 Accepted 15 September 2010

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to investigate how nurses perceive the Career Ladder System(CLS).

Methods

This study was a descriptive survey using questionnaires. Questionnaires were developed by an expert group. Participants included 161 nurses working in the Children's Hospital. The data were analyzed using factor analysis, Cronbach's alpha, descriptive statistics, χ²-test and ANCOVA.

Results

This study revealed that nurses who advanced in their career ladders have a significantly higher perception of participation in their professional activities and a general comprehension of the CLS more than the nurses who did not advance in their career ladders. However, nurses who advanced in their career ladders have a significantly lower perception of the expected outcome of the CLS more than nurses who did not.

Conclusions

This result showed that nurses who had experienced in clinical advancement and recognition were highly motivated with their professional activities via the CLS as well as they considered it to allow professional growth.

Keywords: Career Ladders, Education, Nurses

Figures and Tables

Table 1

Summary of factor loadings, eigenvalues and percent variance explained for the appraisal tool for career ladder system

^*Factor1,2,4,5,6(n)=161, Factor3(n)=74

Table 2

General characteristics of the participants

Table 3

Score of perception of career ladder system by each item

Table 4

Comparison of homogeneity of general characteristics

Table 5

Comparison of perception of CLS between advanced and not advanced

^*F-value of ANCOVA with age, working unit and clinical experience as covariates

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