Innovative behaviour and career success: Mediating roles of self-efficacy and colleague solidarity of nurses

The purpose of the study is to explore the relationships amongst innovative behaviour, self-efficacy, colleague solidarity of nurses and career success of nurses in Mainland China. This study used the cross-sectional investigation method and nurses were recruited from eight tertiary hospitals and fo...

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Published in:International journal of nursing sciences 2018-07, Vol.5 (3), p.275-280
Main Authors: Dan, Xin, Xu, Suhuan, Liu, Jingying, Hou, Ruonan, Liu, Yanhui, Ma, Hongwen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Career success
Innovative behaviour
Nurses
Original
Self-efficacy
Solidarity
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Summary:The purpose of the study is to explore the relationships amongst innovative behaviour, self-efficacy, colleague solidarity of nurses and career success of nurses in Mainland China. This study used the cross-sectional investigation method and nurses were recruited from eight tertiary hospitals and four secondary hospitals in Tianjin, China. A convenience sample of 848 nurses was included in this survey. Structural equation model analysis was performed as well. Results revealed that the nurses' career success score was at the medium degree, whilst innovative behaviour and self-efficacy were in the medium–high level and had high level of colleague solidarity. The four variables include innovative behaviour, self-efficacy, colleague solidarity of nurses and career success; each dimension showed positive correlation (r = 0.145 to 0.923, P  0.05). Multiple linear regression analysis showed that innovative behaviour, self-efficacy and academic solidarity entered the career success regression equation (β = 0.091 to 0.560, P 
ISSN:2352-0132
2096-6296
2352-0132
DOI:10.1016/j.ijnss.2018.07.003