| Summary: | 碩士 === 嘉南藥理大學 === 醫務管理系 === 105 === Work values are an important factor affecting our viewpoint and attitude towards work. The isolation between Taiwan and Mainland China for nearly 40 years has resulted in significant differences in culture, ideology, politics, and economy. With the increasing of exchanges across the Taiwan Strait, including medical market, fully understanding of the employees’ work value is one of the essential works of the nursing director.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the differences and the affecting factors of the work values of clinical care workers in a hospital group, which has branches in both sides of the Taiwan Strait. The data were analyzed by SPSS software, using independent sample t test, single factor variance analysis, and Pearson correlation analiysis.
The results show that:
1. The differences of work values between two districts across the Taiwan Strait:
There is no significant difference in the overall work values of nursing staff between the two districts. However, there are significant differences the intrinsic values and the added values. The average score of the overall work value of the nursing staff in Taiwan is 2.92 (SD = 0.29). The top 3 preferences are: value of the subjective feelings (the characteristics of the nursing organization structure), the external value (nursing occupational characteristics) and the intrinsic value (nursing organization and task characteristics). The average score of the overall work value of the nursing staff in Mainland China is 2.91 (SD = 0.31). The top 3 preferences are: the intrinsic value (nursing organization task characteristic), the incidental value (the characteristics of the nursing organization structure) and the external value (nursing of occupational characteristics). Among the 13 constructs, the highest and the lowest ones are the same between the two districts, with "perseverance and ability" the highest, and "development" the lowest.
2. Factors affecting work values between the two districts:
There are differences of the factors affecting the work values between the two districts. The significant affecting factors in Taiwan area are: age and seniority, motivation, and the degree of satisfaction by nursing work and organization. The data show that the work values get higher with the age and seniority, the motivation, and the degree of satisfaction by nursing work and organizational. The significant affecting factors in Mainland area are: level of education, motivation, and the degree of satisfaction by nursing work and organization. It is found that there is negative correlation trend between level of education and work value. It is the same with the data in Taiwan district that the one with higher motivation and higher degree of satisfaction by nursing work and organizational has higher work value.
3. The association among the three aspects of work values:
It is found in both two districts that there are positive correlations among the three aspects (the intrinsic value = nursing organization task, the incidental value = nursing structure characteristic, the external value = nursing occupational characteristics) of the work values. However, the correlation coefficients are higher in Mainland area than in Taiwan.
From the results of this study, we can understand further about each aspect of work values and the differences between the two districts across the Taiwan Strait. When a leader leading his/her nursing staff, either in Taiwan or Mainland China, it is better to understand the characters and the work values of each member by interactive communication in order to develop the on-the-job training program for the staff to improve their ability both in clinical practice and in adapting to the hospital. We hope this study may provide some value in nursing management, nursing education, clinical nursing, and further nursing study.
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