Takase Miyuki, Yamamoto Masako, Sato Yoko
School of Nursing, Yasuda Women's University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Department of Nursing, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
Jpn J Nurs Sci. 2018 Apr;15(2):167-180. doi: 10.1111/jjns.12180. Epub 2017 Jul 13.
A good fit between an individual's personality traits and job characteristics motivates employees, and thus enhances their work behavior. However, how nurses' personality traits and their environmental characteristics relate to nurses' engagement in workplace learning, which improves their competence, has not been investigated. The aim of this study was to investigate how nurses' personality traits, environmental characteristics, and workplace learning were related to nursing competence.
A cross-sectional survey design was used. Questionnaires were distributed to 1167 Japanese registered nurses. Multiple regression analysis was used to examine the relationships between nurses' personality traits, the environmental characteristics, the nurses' engagement in workplace learning, and their competence.
A total of 315 nurses returned questionnaires (i.e., a return rate of 27.0%). The results showed that both the personality traits (extraversion, conscientiousness, openness to experience) and environmental characteristics (autonomy at work and feedback given) were related to workplace learning and self-rated nursing competence. The results also showed that the relationship between extraversion (active, adventurous and ambitious dispositions of an individual) and self-rated nursing competence was moderated by environmental characteristics, and partially mediated by workplace learning.
Positive personality traits, such as extraversion, conscientiousness, and openness to experience could enhance workplace learning and nursing competence. Moreover, environmental characteristics that allow nurses to express their personality traits have the potential to improve their learning and competence further.
个体的人格特质与工作特征之间的良好匹配能够激励员工，进而提升他们的工作表现。然而，护士的人格特质及其环境特征与护士参与工作场所学习（这会提高他们的能力）之间的关系尚未得到研究。本研究的目的是调查护士的人格特质、环境特征和工作场所学习如何与护理能力相关。
采用横断面调查设计。向1167名日本注册护士发放问卷。使用多元回归分析来检验护士的人格特质、环境特征、护士参与工作场所学习以及他们的能力之间的关系。
共有315名护士返回问卷（即回复率为27.0%）。结果表明，人格特质（外向性、尽责性、经验开放性）和环境特征（工作自主性和给予的反馈）都与工作场所学习和自评护理能力相关。结果还表明，外向性（个体积极、冒险和有抱负的性格倾向）与自评护理能力之间的关系受到环境特征的调节，并部分由工作场所学习介导。
外向性、尽责性和经验开放性等积极的人格特质可以提高工作场所学习和护理能力。此外，允许护士展现其人格特质的环境特征有可能进一步提高他们的学习和能力。
