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Background: Job performance is known as an essential reflection of nursing quality. Colleague solidarity, positive emotion, and turnover intention play effective roles in a clinical working environment, but their impacts on job performance are unclear. Investigating the association between nurses' colleague solidarity and job performance may be valuable, both directly and through the mediating roles of positive emotion and turnover intention. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, a total of 324 Chinese nurses were recruited by convenience sampling method from July 2016 to January 2017. Descriptive analysis, Spearman's correlation analysis, and the structural equation model were applied for analysis by SPSS 26.0 and AMOS 24.0. Results: A total of 49.69% of participants were under 30 years old, and 90.12% of participants were female. Colleague solidarity and positive emotion were positively connected with job performance. The results indicated the mediating effects of positive emotion and turnover intention in this relationship, respectively, as well as the chain mediating effect of positive emotion and turnover intention. Conclusions: In conclusion, dynamic and multiple supportive strategies are needed for nurse managers to ameliorate nursing job performance by improving colleague solidarity and positive emotion and decreasing turnover intention based on the job demand-resource model.
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AIMS: The study was conducted to evaluate the effects of nurses' work-related variables and colleague solidarity on their job motivation. BACKGROUND: The motivation of nurses is an important measure in effective and efficient provision of health care services. METHODS: The sample of this descriptive study included 172 nurses working at a private hospital in Turkey. The Colleague Solidarity Scale for Nurses, Nurses' Job Motivation Scale, and Demographic and Work-Related Variables Questionnaire were used for data collection. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation and backward multiple regression analysis. RESULTS: There was a positive correlation between the scores on the Colleague Solidarity Scale for Nurses and the Nurses' Job Motivation Scale (r: .56, p < .001). Of the nine independent variables evaluated in the multiple regression analysis, five had a significant effect on the job motivation of nurses (R2 : .39, p < .001, Durbin-Watson: 2.12). CONCLUSION: The results of the study show that the three sub-dimensions of the Colleague Solidarity Scale for Nurses, salary and career opportunities were important factors affecting job motivation. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT: In order to increase nurses' job motivation, nurse managers should work to improve collegial solidarity, create career opportunities and develop salary policies.
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Interpersonal Relations , Job Satisfaction , Nurses/psychology , Adult , Attitude of Health Personnel , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Motivation , Organizational Culture , Personnel Turnover , Surveys and Questionnaires , TurkeyABSTRACT
Objective To understand the status of colleague support and colleague solidarity of nurses,and explore the relationship between colleague support and colleague solidarity.Methods A total of 231 nurses from Zhengzhou City were chosen using convenience sampling method to complete the questionnaire survey about colleague support and colleague sohdarity.Results The nurses' colleague support scored (76.34±2.75) totally and colleague solidarity scored (64.63±4.25) totally.In dimensions of nurses' perception of colleague support,head nurse support,support result,cooperation,sympathy establishment,awareness increasing were positively correlated with emotional unity dimension of colleague solidarity (r=0.32,0.26,0.27,0.30,0.28,all P＜ 0.05);head nurse support,support result,cooperation,awareness increasing,goal setting,action projects were positively correlated with academic unity dimension of colleague solidarity (r=0.30,0.28,0.25,0.29,0.27,0.26,all P ＜ 0.05);head nurse support,support result,cooperation,awareness increasing,action projects and process management were negatively correlated with negative views of colleague solidarity (r=-0.31,-0.27,-0.30,-0.23,-0.24,-0.27,all P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions Improving the nurse colleague-peer support can improve degree of colleague solidarity.
