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Clinical Nurses' Experience of Positive Organizational Culture

Young-Hee Yom1, Sang Mi Noh2, Kyung Hee Kim1
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration 2014;20(5):469-480.
Published online: December 31, 2014

1Red Cross College of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, Korea.

2Graduate School, Chung-Ang University, Korea.

Corresponding author: Noh, Sang Mi. Graduate School, Chung-Ang University, 221 Heuksuk-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 156-756, Korea. Tel: +82-2-820-5700, Fax: +82-2-824-7961, SMNOH@cau.ac.kr
• Received: March 31, 2014   • Revised: June 11, 2014   • Accepted: September 16, 2014

Copyright © 2014 Korean Academy of Nursing Administration

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  • Purpose
    This study was conducted to explore clinical nurses' experience of positive organizational culture in order to provide data for effective strategies of acquisition and retention of competent nurses.
  • Methods
    In this qualitative study, interviews with four focus groups of four to six nurses, 19 in total, were held. Compositional factors in groups included clinical experience, age, work place, and position. Interviews proceeded until data were saturated.
  • Results
    Fifteen sub-themes, categorized into six themes, emerged. Positive organizational culture themes included "Helping nurses to be organization members", "Allowing nurses to communicate with one another", "Helping nurses take an initiative to lead organization", "Having competent leader take charge of organization", "Enabling nurses to achieve organizational changes", and "Leading nurses to accomplish organizational performance."
  • Conclusion
    Results indicate that positive organizational culture is related to increases in occupational satisfaction and decreases in turnover through supportive organizational culture which makes it possible to reinvest expenses required for training new members to promoting quality growth in the organization and the prestige of professional nurses. In order to improve occupational satisfaction and sustained growth in nurses, it is necessary to provide nurses with positive work environments and require members to make active efforts leading to strategic changes.
  • Key Words: Nursing organizational culture; Clinical nurse; Nurses' working environment; Focus group

This study was supported by Hospital Nurses Association.

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Table 1
General Characteristics of Study Participants (N=19)
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Table 2
General Characteristics of Focus Group Participants (N=19)
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Table 3
Themes, Sub-themes and Concepts of Clinical Nurses' Experiences
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