- Title
- Influence of core competence on voice behavior of clinical nurses : a multicenter cross-sectional study
- Creator
- Guo, Yufang; Wang, Xinxin; Plummer, Virginia; Cross, Wendy; Lam, Louisa; Wang, Shuangshuang
- Date
- 2021
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/176948
- Identifier
- vital:15182
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S309565
- Identifier
- ISBN:1179-1578 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- Background: Voice behavior, referred to as a positive guarantee for organizational development, is influenced by several kinds of individual, collective and organizational features. However, the impact of individual competence on voice behavior is unclear. The aim of the present study was to investigate the status quo of core competence and voice behavior of clinical nurses and explore the impact of core competence on nurses’ voice behavior. Methods: A multicenter cross-sectional survey. A total of 1717 nurses were recruited from nine tertiary and secondary hospitals between March and June 2019. An online questionnaire, including socio-demographic variables, employee voice behavior scale and competence inventory for registered nurses, was used to investigate prohibitive and promotive voice behavior and core competence of clinical nurses. Pearson correlation and hierarchical multiple regression were performed in the data analysis. Results: The mean score for prohibitive and promotive voice behavior of nurses were 3.46 (SD 0.77) and 3.46 (SD 0.88), respectively. The mean score for core competence was 2.46 (SD 0.77). Critical thinking/research aptitude was the most important predictor for both prohibitive and promotive voice behavior (each p < 0.05), but its influence on promotive voice behavior was greater (p < 0.05). Leadership was another significant predictor for prohibitive voice behavior (p < 0.05). Legal/ethical practice, teaching-coaching, professional development and shift work were other predictors for promotive voice behavior (each p < 0.05). Conclusion: Clinical nurses experience modest levels of prohibitive and promotive voice behavior and their core competence is moderate. Core competence, especially critical thinking/research aptitude, impacts significantly on voice behavior of clinical nurses. Cultivating nurses’ core competence could positively increase their voice behavior for organizational development. © 2021 Guo et al.
- Publisher
- Dove Medical Press Ltd
- Relation
- Psychology Research and Behavior Management Vol. 14, no. (2021), p. 501-510
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
- Rights
- Copyright © 2021 Guo et al. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited.
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
- Subject
- 1103 Clinical Sciences; 1701 Psychology; Clinical site; Core competence; Cross-sectional survey; Nurse; Voice behavior
- Full Text
- Reviewed
- Funder
- This study was funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (72004120), Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (ZR2020QG058) and The Fundamental Research Funds of Shandong University (2020GN096).
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