Purpose@#The aim of this study was to identify the individual, job, and organizational factors affecting the individual innovative
behaviors among
tertiary care hospitals ’
nurses . @*
Methods @#The participants in this study were 230
nurses who have worked more than one year in
tertiary care hospitals . Data were collected using
self -administered
questionnaires that included individual factors (
self efficacy , and
empowerment ), job factors (
knowledge and skills for
evidence-based practice , and
beliefs for
evidence-based practice ), organizational factors (perceived organizational support), and individual innovation
behavior . The SPSS/WIN 25.0 program was used for
data analysis which included descriptive
analysis , t-test,
ANOVA , Scheffé test, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and hierarchical
regression analysis .
Results: Individual innovative
behavior had significant positive correlations with all of individual, job, and organizational factors. The results of hierarchical
regression analysis showed that
knowledge and skills for
evidence-based practice (β=.28, p<.001),
self efficacy (β=.25, p=.002),
gender (
female , β=.23, p<.001), and
beliefs for
evidence-based practice (β=.17, p=.016) were significant factors influencing on individual innovative
behavior .
Conclusion: These findings suggest that
knowledge , skills and
beliefs for
evidence-based practice , and
self efficacy were linked to individual innovative
behaviors .Therefore,
education and
human resource management improving
self efficacy ,
knowledge , skills and
beliefs for
evidence-based practice are needed to increase
nurses ’ individual innovative
behaviors in
tertiary care hospitals .