Survey of cognition of learning organization construction in the nurses of different working seniority among tertiary hospitals of Jinan City

Abstract

Objective To investigate the learning organization culture in the nurses of different working seniority,so as to provide a reference for the construction of learning organization.Methods A total of 680 registered nurses in three tertiary hospitals were investigated with general information questionnaire and the Learning Organization Questionnaire in nursing.Results Six hundred and eighty questionnaires were distributed.There were 636 valid questionnaires and the valid returned rate was 93.5％.Significant difference was found in the nurses with different working seniority (F =28.655,307.027,164.362,4.887,150.052,respectively;P ＜0.01).The nurses with work seniority more than 21 years had the highest scores of learning organization [(23.76 ± 3.33),(21.60 ± 1.44),(21.08 ± 1.70),(12.61 ± 1.37),(79.06 ± 5.11)],while the nurses with work seniority between 1 and 10 years had the lowest scores [(21.35 ± 2.51),(17.21 ± 1.44),(17.68 ± 1.62),(11.85 ± 1.84),(68.08 ±4.91)].And the scores of nurses with work seniority between 11 and 20 years were in the middle level [(22.88 ± 3.42),(19.66 ± 1.52),(19.79 ± 1.54),(12.17 ± 2.02),(74.50 ± 6.57)].Conclusions The nurses with shorter working seniority have stronger wish to improve the learning organization culture,so the learning organization should be strengthened.Further research should be done so as to increase core competency and improve the organization construction. Key words: Nursing; Learning organization; Cultural difference; Working seniority