2022 Volume 26 Issue 1 Pages 179-188
The objective of this study was to clarify the factors related to achievement of goals with adoption of the management-by-objective approach for ward nurses working in acute care hospitals. A self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted of 806 ward nurses (responses of 370 nurses analyzed) from 9 institutions in prefectures A, B, and C. Polynomial logistic regression analysis was performed using the surveyed items pertained to the"achievement of goals," that is, achievement of individual and organizational goals, as a response variable, and the following as explanatory variables: interviewer's position, interview time, etc., and as a goal management timing, "goal setting stage," "task performance stage," "goal evaluation stage," and "overall goal management." The results revealed that relative to the group with "low achievement levels in terms of both individual and organizational goals," the group with "high achievement levels of both individual and organizational goals" showed significantly positive relationships of achievement of goals with "self-control" of "goal setting stage" and "overall goal management".
These findings showed that for the achievement of goals, at the "goal setting stage," which is the first stage of the management-by-objective approach, it is important for the manager to intentionally promote ward nurses to understand the relationship between the organizational and individual goals, so that the ward nurses can act based on their motivation levels toward their work. In addition, these findings suggest the necessity of enabling ward nurses to control themselves, by setting prioritized goals themselves and performing self-evaluation.
