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Influence of Nursing Organizational Culture on Empowerment as Perceived by New Nurses  

Seo, Yang-Yoeb (RN, Dong-A Medical Center)
Ju, Hyeon-Ok (Department of Nursing, Dong-A University)
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Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration / v.17, no.1, 2011 , pp. 88-95 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: This study was done to identify the effect of nursing organizational culture on empowerment as perceived by new clinical nurses. Method: For the objective a sample of 175 new nurses from secondary/tertiary hospitals having not less than 250 beds located in B city was selected to complete a questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, One-way ANOVA, Scheffe's test, Pearson correlation coefficients and simultaneous multiple regression with the SPSS 14.0 software program. Results: As for nursing organizational culture as perceived by the respondent, relation-oriented culture had the highest average score ($3.60{\pm}.63$) out of a possible 5 points followed by hierarch-oriented culture, innovation-oriented culture and task-oriented culture with $3.45{\pm}.30$, $3.19{\pm}.53$ and $3.05{\pm}.46$, respectively. The respondents' level of perceived empowerment was $3.06{\pm}.41$. The factors influencing empowerment according to nursing organizational culture were innovation-oriented and relation-oriented culture in that order. These 2 variables were statistically significant predictors and explained 48.6% of the variance in empowerment. Conclusions: The results of this study indicate that emphasis should be given to nursing organizational culture strengthened by innovationoriented and relation-oriented culture, rather than task-oriented and hierarch-oriented culture, in order to foster harmonious empowerment among nurses at all levels.
Keywords
Nursing; Organizational culture; Empowerment;
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