2026 Volume 46 Pages 485-495
Aim: This study aimed to develop a scale for measuring organizational socialization among newly graduated nurses working in Japanese healthcare settings.
Methods: A preliminary 33-item questionnaire was developed through concept analysis and qualitative research, and was subsequently administered to 935 nurses across 20 consenting university hospitals, each with a bed capacity of more than 300. Finally, the scale’s reliability and validity were evaluated.
Results: Among the responses from 579 participants, those from 449 were analyzed. Exploratory factor analysis yielded a 3-factor, 24-item structure. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed a good model fit (goodness-of-fit index = .980; adjusted goodness-of-fit index = .976; standardized root means square residual = .060). The scale was strongly correlated with basic social competencies (r = .758) and moderately negatively correlated with burnout (Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey; r = –.395). The overall Cronbach’s alpha was .934, with r = .695 as the intraclass correlation coefficient for test–retest reliability.
Conclusion: The 3-factor, 24-item scale was fairly reliable and valid in measuring organizational socialization among newly graduated nurses employed in Japan.
