Kohlenberg E M
Adult Health Nursing Division, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina, Greensboro 27412-5001.
J Prof Nurs. 1992 Sep-Oct;8(5):271-5. doi: 10.1016/8755-7223(92)90052-z.
The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between faculty research productivity and organizational structure in schools of nursing. The need for nursing research has been widely recognized by members of the nursing profession, yet comparatively few engage in conducting research. Although contextual variables have been investigated that facilitate or inhibit nursing research, the relationship between organizational structure and nursing research productivity has not been examined. This problem was examined within the context of the Entrepreneurial Theory of Formal Organizations. A survey methodology was used for data collection. Data on individual faculty research productivity and organizational structure in the school of nursing were obtained through the use of a questionnaire. A random sample of 300 faculty teaching in 60 master's and doctoral nursing schools in the United States was used. The instruments for data collection were Wakefield-Fisher's Adapted Scholarly Productivity Index and Hall's Organizational Inventory. The data were analyzed using Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficients and multiple correlation/regression techniques. The overall relationship between faculty research productivity and organizational structure in schools of nursing was not significant at the .002 level of confidence. Although statistically significant relationships were not identified, scholarly research productivity and its subscale prepublication and research activities tended to vary positively with procedural specifications in a highly bureaucratic organizational structure. Further research may focus on identification of structural variables that support highly productive nurse researchers.
本研究的目的是确定护理学院教师的研究生产力与组织结构之间的关系。护理研究的必要性已得到护理专业人员的广泛认可，但从事研究的人员相对较少。虽然已经对促进或抑制护理研究的背景变量进行了调查，但尚未研究组织结构与护理研究生产力之间的关系。本研究在正式组织的创业理论背景下对这一问题进行了探讨。采用调查方法收集数据。通过问卷调查获得了护理学院教师个人研究生产力和组织结构的数据。在美国60所硕士和博士护理学院中随机抽取了300名教师作为样本。数据收集工具为韦克菲尔德 - 费舍尔改编的学术生产力指数和霍尔的组织量表。使用皮尔逊积差相关系数和多重相关/回归技术对数据进行分析。在0.002的置信水平上，护理学院教师研究生产力与组织结构之间的总体关系不显著。虽然未发现具有统计学意义的关系，但在高度官僚化的组织结构中，学术研究生产力及其子量表预发表和研究活动往往与程序规范呈正相关。进一步的研究可能集中在确定支持高生产力护士研究人员的结构变量上。
