The Journal of the Japan Academy of Nursing Administration and Policies
Online ISSN : 2189-6852
Print ISSN : 1347-0140
ISSN-L : 1347-0140
Development of a Scale for “Recognition Behavior from Head Nurse”
Takako HagimotoYuka KasamatsuKeiko AizawaHaruo Yanai
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2014 Volume 18 Issue 1 Pages 56-65

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The purpose of this study is to develop a "Recognition Behavior from Head Nurse" scale based on the "List of Recognition Behavior from Head Nurse Items (Hagimoto, 2009)" and verify its reliability and validity. The study subjects were 606 nurses excluding managers who have the title of head nurse or higher working. Possible item reduction and construct validity were examined by means of factor analysis and others means, criterion-related validity was reviewed based on the correlation coefficient with the "Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire" and the "Affective Commitment", which is a sub-scale of the "Organizational Commitment Scale", and reliability was evaluated based on a Cronbach's alpha test, etc. As a result, the scale has been refined from 32 to 22 items. In the aspect of reliability, the Cronbach's alpha level was 0.96 for the entire scale, and 0.85 to 0.92 (p<.001) for each factor, demon-strating a high internal consistency. As for the validity, the correlation with the "Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire" was r = 0.51 (p<.001), and the "Affective Commitment" was r = 0.31 (p<.001). Thus, Only the former of the criterion-related validity has been supported. The factor analysis has extracted the same four factors stated in the "List of Recognition Behavior from Head Nurse Items (Hagimoto, 2009)", namely "Close Communication", "Supportive Consultation/Advice", "Comfortable Attention", and "Positive Performance Evaluation". As the cumulative contribution ratio of the 22 items was 69.3%, the construct validity has been confirmed.

Job satisfaction and organizational commitment of nurses can be heightened when nursing supervi-sors use the scale as a reference in implementing the recognition behavior.

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