A Study of Work Value in the “X”Generation of Nurses

• Main Authors: Liau,Cheu-Ye, 廖秋月
• Other Authors: Lu,Meei-Shiow
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2001
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/36363476966631287380

碩士 === 台北醫學院 === 護理學研究所 === 89 === Abstract Title of thesis: A Study of Work Value in the “X” Generation of Nurses Institution: Graduate Institute of Nursing ,Taipei Medical University. Author: Liau, Cheu-Ye Thesis directed by: Lu, Meei-Shiow, professor Chang, Wen-Yin, assistant professor The main objective of this research is to explore the work value in Generation-X (GEN-X) nurses, as well as to compare whether or not GEN-X nurses of individual and hospital properties would have different work values, via a cross-sectional research format while adopting a multiple step sampling method, focusing on the GEN-X nursing staffs of six state-owned and privatized medical centers, municipal hospitals, and university hospitals of the Taipei region as research candidates. This research proceeded to send out a total of 340 structural questionnaires dated between September 3 and October 30 of 2000, from which 320 effective samples were derived. The obtained research information were treated with methods such as descriptive statistics and single-factor mutation analysis to began handling and analyses before performing semi-structural interviews targeting categories of notable statistic variations found in research results, for which are used as supporting data of discussion analyses. Research findings are as follows: the mean score of the overall work value in Generation X nurses is 2.89 (SD = 0.26), and an subjective sense of preference for Intrinsic Values (work attribute of the nursing organization) or a less preference for Concomitant Values (unique attribute in the organizational structure of nurses) and Extrinsic Values (unique feature of the nursing profession). “Altruism” is preferred over “sense of achievement” in respects to the value-orientation of the Intrinsic Values, while “delegation” is preferred over “authority” in light of the value-orientation of the Concomitant Values, and “perseverance and ability” is elected over “developmentality” in the value-orientation of the Extrinsic Values. Amongst the total mean score of the overall work value of the GEN-X nurses, the mean score of married staff is notable higher than that of unwed individuals, just like the mean score of voluntary volition engaging in the nursing profession is profoundly higher than those working in the field satisfying parent/relative or teacher’s desires, and likewise for those servicing in municipal hospitals than those in medical centers. In respect to individual properties, differences in age, marital status, number of children, education level, job position, and motivations why engaging in the nursing profession do affect the score distributions and value orientation preferences in the work value of the GEN-X nurses. As for age, persons in the 20-24 age group has a preference for “discipline” and “professionalism”;25-29 age group have a preference for Concomitant Values (unique attribute in the organizational structure of nurses);30-34 age group has a slight preference for “laddering”; married staffs slightly prefer Intrinsic Values (work attribute of the nursing organization), Concomitant Values (unique attribute in the organizational structure of nurses), “lofty intention”, “objective goal”, “sense of achievement” and “authority”; the ones with greater number of children prefer “objective goal”; high school or vocational school graduates prefer “professionalism”, the ones positioned as the assistant head-nurse or higher prefer “developmentality”, while nurses act out of own volition prefer Intrinsic Values (work attribute of the nursing organization), Extrinsic Values (unique feature of the nursing profession), “altruism”, “lofty intention”, “sense of achievement”, “discipline and obedience”, “discipline” and “professionalism”. Whether or not a hospital is state owned or privatized, as well as the different levels of hospitals also have an affect on the score distributions and value orientation preferences in the work value of the GEN-X nurses. The ones servicing in private hospitals prefer “developmentality” and “professionalism”; those working in regional university hospitals prefer Extrinsic Values (unique feature of the nursing profession) and ‘”professionalism”, while those working in municipal hospitals prefer “sense of achievement”. One may discern the close relationship between work value and individual professional maturity, work attitude, and job performance from the findings of this research. For those Generation X nursing staffs engaging in the nursing profession, should their work value be closely netted with Intrinsic Values, Concomitant Values, and Extrinsic Values, then the degree of their professional nursing socialization would be better as well, not the mention the level of job appropriateness in the educational incubation of those nurses verges on ideality. The findings of this paper aspire to provide references on nursing management, nursing education, clinical work ,and researches of the future. Key words: Generation X (GEN-X), work value