2021 年 32 巻 3 号 p. 73-89
This study examined the cognitive process by which professional identity affected nursing performance (defined in terms of professional skills and engrossment) via proactivity (defined in terms of positive framing and building supervisor relations). Four hundred and thirty-nine nurses participated in the study. Using the structural equation modelling technique, we found: 1) professional identity was not directly related to either of the performance measures; 2) the effect of professional identity on engrossment was mediated through positive framing and supervisor relations; and 3) professional identity was positively related to both of the performance indirectly through supervisor relations, not via positive framing. Theoretical contributions and practical implications of the study were discussed.