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Ko, Yu, and Kang: Organizational Culture and Organizational Support as Factors Affecting the Innovative Behaviors of General Hospital Nurses
Original Article

Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration 2015; 21(2): 223-231.

Published online: 31 March 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11111/jkana.2015.21.2.223

Organizational Culture and Organizational Support as Factors Affecting the Innovative Behaviors of General Hospital Nurses

Yu Kyung Ko1, Soyoung Yu2, Kyeong Hwa Kang3

1Department of Nursing, Wonkwang University, Korea.

2College of Nursing, CHA University, Korea.

3Division of Nursing, Hallym University, Korea.

Corresponding author: Kang, Kyeong Hwa. Division of Nursing, Hallym University, 39 Hallymdaehak-gil, Chuncheon 200-702, Korea. Tel: +82-33-248-2716, Fax: +82-33-248-2734, kkh05@hallym.ac.kr

Received 22 March 2015       Revised 25 March 2015       Accepted 26 March 2015

Copyright © 2015 Korean Academy of Nursing Administration

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Abstract

Purpose

The aim of this study was to identify the effects of organizational culture and organizational support on the innovative behavior of general hospital nurses.

Methods

The participants in this study were 356 nurses, working in hospitals in Seoul, Gyeonggi and Gangwon Provinces, and Daejeon City. Data were collected from June to August, 2012. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection and data was analyzed using the SPSS/WIN program.

Results

The organizational culture positively correlated with innovative behavior. The most significant predictors of innovative behavior were age, organizational support and hierarchy-oriented culture.

Conclusion

These findings suggest that nurses' organizational culture and organizational support were linked to innovative behavior. Management-level workers in these hospitals should have the skills and strategies to develop nurses' innovative behavior and increases nurses' recognition of organizational support to achieve high performance through innovation.

Keywords: Organizational culture, Organizational support, Innovative behaviors, Nurses

Figures and Tables

Table 1

General Characteristics of the Participants (N=356)

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Table 2

Degree of Organizational Culture, Organizational Support, and Innovative Behaviors of the Participants (N=356)

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Table 3

Differences in Innovative Behaviors by Participants' Demographic Characteristics (N=356)

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Table 4

Correlation among Culture, Organizational Support, and Innovative Behaviors (N=356)

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Table 5

Stepwise Regression Analysis on Innovative behaviors (N=356)

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Notes

This study was research by the Hallym University fond in 2013 (HRF-201308-003).

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