Health Management, Faculty of Health Sciences, Sabahattin Zaim University, Istanbul 34303, Turkey.
Health Management, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bezmiâlem Vakif University, Istanbul 34050, Turkey.
Chin Med J (Engl). 2019 Jan 20;132(2):171-182. doi: 10.1097/CM9.0000000000000031.
Contributing to the innovative behavior of individuals in the health management process is a desirable condition for increased health institution performance. The relationship between the sense of loneliness and individual innovation behaviors has not been studied and relevant literature is extremely limited. The purpose of this research was to examine the effect of an individual's sense of loneliness on their innovative behavior.
The research was performed between January and October 2018. The effects of loneliness feelings on the individual innovative behaviors of 451 health science faculty students were measured. The data were collected using the "Individual Information Form," the "individual innovation scale," and the "University of California Los Angeles loneliness scale." The reliability and validity of the scales were tested with Structural Equation Modeling.
It was found that the female participants showed exhibited more innovative behavior than the men. However, there was no significant difference in the loneliness status of participants by gender. A group of 23-year-old individuals showed a significant difference in the risk taking dimension compared to other age groups. First-grade students had more points in the experimental openness and opinion leadership sub-dimension than the other classes. It was observed that the behavior is molded as the education level increases. The regression models showed that loneliness has a negative effect of -0.254 on experiential openness and the leadership of ideas, and has a negative effect of -0.216 on risk taking. There was no effect of the sub-dimensions of loneliness on change resistance. Moreover, on the individualistic behavior of physical loneliness, a -0.267 negative effect was observed. Emotional loneliness has no effect on the sub-dimensions of individual innovation. Finally, the total sense of loneliness was found to have a negative effect on total individual innovation.
The study results clearly show that physical loneliness has a negative effect on individual innovation. It can be said that individuals living in social environments exhibit more innovative behaviors. However, emotional loneliness has no significant effect on innovative behavior. In this context, designing social spaces in health institutions will stimulate individuals' innovative behaviors.
促进健康管理过程中个体的创新行为是提高健康机构绩效的理想条件。孤独感与个体创新行为之间的关系尚未得到研究，相关文献极为有限。本研究旨在检验个体孤独感对其创新行为的影响。
本研究于 2018 年 1 月至 10 月进行。采用“个体信息表”、“个体创新量表”和“加州大学洛杉矶孤独量表”，测量了 451 名卫生科学专业学生的孤独感对其个体创新行为的影响。采用结构方程模型对量表的信度和效度进行了检验。
发现女性参与者的创新行为表现优于男性，但参与者的孤独感在性别上无显著差异。23 岁年龄组在冒险维度上与其他年龄组存在显著差异。一年级学生在实验开放性和意见领导亚维度上的得分高于其他班级。观察到行为随着教育水平的提高而形成。回归模型表明，孤独感对体验开放性和观念领导的负效应为-0.254，对冒险的负效应为-0.216。孤独感的亚维度对抵制变化没有影响。此外，在个体孤独感的行为上观察到-0.267 的负效应。情感孤独对个体创新的亚维度没有影响。最后，总孤独感对个体创新总得分有负效应。
研究结果清楚地表明，身体孤独感对个体创新有负向影响。可以说，生活在社会环境中的个体表现出更多的创新行为。然而，情感孤独对创新行为没有显著影响。在这种情况下，在健康机构中设计社交空间将激发个体的创新行为。
