Study for Professionalism, Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Psychological Ownership of Nurse Officers

Myoung-Ran Yoo; Jeong-A Yoo; Youn Mi Kim

doi:10.11111/jkana.2012.18.3.290

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Yoo, Yoo, and Kim: Study for Professionalism, Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Psychological Ownership of Nurse Officers

Original Article

Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration

Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration 2012; 18(3): 290-300.

Published online: 30 September 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11111/jkana.2012.18.3.290

Study for Professionalism, Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Psychological Ownership of Nurse Officers

Myoung-Ran Yoo¹, Jeong-A Yoo², Youn Mi Kim³

¹Professor, Armed Forces Nursing Academy, Korea.

²Nurse officer, The 9th Infantry Division, Korea.

³Part-time lecturer, Armed Forces Nursing Academy, Korea.

Correspondence: Kim Youn Mi, Department of Nursing Science, Armed forces Nursing Academy 90 Jaun-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-153, Korea. Tel: 82-42-878-4564, Fax: 82-42-862-1501, dbs7671@naver.com

Received 30 April 2012 Revised 22 June 2012 Accepted 21 August 2012

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to investigate differences in professionalism, organizational citizenship behavior and psychological ownership between nurses and nurse officers.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 1017 hospital nurses and military nurse officers. The instruments used were the Korean Version of Hall's Professionalism Inventory' modified by Baek (2007), Organizational Citizenship Behavior Qquestionnaire(OCBQ) modified by Lee (2006), and the Psychological Ownership Inventory' developed by Van Dyne and Pierce (2004).

Results

The average score for military nurse officers professionalism was 3.15, for organizational citizenship behavior, was 3.43 and for psychological ownership, 3.64. These scores were higher than the scores for hospital nurses. There were significant positive correlations between the variables(r=.47~.581, p<.001).

Conclusion

The results of this study indicate an affirmable outcome and that the significant variables affected levels of Professionalism, Organizational citizenship behavior, and Psychological ownership. So in order to improve the level of variables, there is a need to consider strategies related to organization, work environment and conceptualization as related to the variables.

Keywords: Professionalism, Organizational citizenship behavior, Psychological ownership, Nurse officer

Figures and Tables

Table 1

The General Characteristics of Participants (N=1,017)

Table 2

Professionalism, Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Psychological Ownership of Participants (N=1,017)

Table 3

The Correlation of Professionalism, Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Psychological Ownership of Hospital Nurses and Military Nurse Officers (N=1,017)

^**p<.001

Table 4

Differences in Professionalism, Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Psychological Ownership according to General Characteristics of Hospital Nurses (N=541)

^**p<.001, ^*p<.05, ^†Scheffe method Post Hoc Test p<.05

Table 5

Difference in Professionalism, Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Psychological Ownership according to General Characteristics of Military Nurses Officers (N=541)

^**p<.001, ^*p<.05, ^† Scheffé method Post Hoc Test p<.05

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