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The relationship between demographic and occupational variables, transformational leadership perceptions and individual innovativeness in nurses.
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Journal of nursing management [J Nurs Manag] 2020 Jul; Vol. 28 (5), pp. 1126-1133. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jun 23. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Aim: This study aimed to describe innovativeness among nurses and examine the impact of transformational leadership and demographic and occupational variables on individual innovativeness in nurses.<br />Background: Staff nurses must be innovative in order to solve problems occurring in health care environments and implement evidence-based practice.<br />Methods: This descriptive, correlational cross-sectional study comprised 300 nurses working in two hospitals in Turkey. The data were collected with a demographic and occupational questionnaire, the Individual Innovativeness Scale and the Transformational Leadership Scale. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation and backward regression.<br />Results: Most nurses were categorized as "early majority" (45.3%) or "early adopter" (39.3%) for innovativeness. Education level, position, high self-perceptions of leadership skills and/or perceiving transformational leadership as a high-performance expectation were associated with high levels of individual innovativeness.<br />Conclusion: Almost half of the nurses were early adopters who can be role models to other nurses in the diffusion of innovation. Having higher education levels, positions, leadership skills and expectations from management affected nurses' individual innovation more positively.<br />Implications for Nursing Management: It can be helpful for nurse managers to understand the adopter categories and affective variables of innovativeness for the diffusion of innovative practices and evidence-based standards at hospitals.<br /> (© 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
- Subjects :
- Adult
Cross-Sectional Studies
Demography methods
Demography statistics & numerical data
Female
Humans
Job Satisfaction
Male
Middle Aged
Occupations statistics & numerical data
Perception
Surveys and Questionnaires
Turkey
Demography classification
Leadership
Nurses psychology
Occupations classification
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1365-2834
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of nursing management
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 32497365
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.13060