A study on correlation between psychological empowerment, self - esteem and innovative behavior among nursing staff
ZHANG Ya-jing
LI Yu-feng
CUI Chu-yun
JIN Chang-de
Abstract：Objective To explore the influence of psychological empowerment,self-esteem on innovative behavior among nursing staff, and explore self-esteem in mediating role between psychological empowerment and innovative behavior.Methods A total of 440 nurses from 4 hospitals in Tianjin were investigated by pssychological empowerment scale,self-esteem scale and nurse' innovative behavior scale. Results Psychological empowerment,self-esteem were positively correlated to innovative behavior(P<0.01),multiple linear regression showed that all the dimensions entered innovative behavior equation,the meaning of work became a major predictor(P<0.01).Hierarchical re?gression results showed self-esteem played a partial intermediary role between psychological empowerment and innovative behavior. Conclusion Nursing managers should improve the nurses'psychological empowerment in the level of work,improve nurses'self-esteem lev?el,and constantly improve the innovative behavior of nurses.
Keywords：nursespsychological empowermentself -esteeminnovative behavior
Publication Date：2018-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 16-19 )