Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration (간호행정학회지)

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Influence of Justice on Empowerment Perceived by Nurses

간호사가 지각하는 공정성이 임파워먼트에 미치는 영향

  • Published : 2009.09.30
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Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the influence of justice on empowerment perceived by nurses. Method: The subjects of this study were 388 nurses who were working at seven general hospitals in Seoul. The data were collected by structured questionnaires from April 1st to April 30th in 2007. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, mean, Pearson correlation, and stepwise multiple regression on SPSS/pc 14.0 program. Results: The mean score of procedural justice was 2.64(0.48), distributive justice was 2.45(0.51), and empowerment was 2.80(0.43). The result of correlation among the study variables, the procedural justice were positively correlated with empowerment(r=.462, p=<.001) and distributive justice(r=.563, p=<.001). The procedural justice explained 24.9% of the empowerment and distributive justice explained only 2.9% of the empowerment and both explained 27.8% of the empowerment when the variables run hierarchial regression. Conclusion: The findings showed that procedural justice was the most important factor for nurses' empowerment therefore nursing organizations must establish the strategies to improve procedural justice in order to promote nurses empowerment.

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