Innovative Work Behavior and Its Relation to Knowledge Sharing among Nurses at Zagazig University Hospitals

Abstract

Background: Hospitals are a knowledge-based environment due to speedily changing medical technologies and demanding knowledge and skillful capital. So, it requires a skillful nurse who is active and can be receptive to new ideas. Thus, knowledge sharing plays a remarkable role in innovation that creates a change in new knowledge and innovative behavior. Aim of the study: was to investigate the relationship between knowledge sharing and innovative work behavior among nurses at Zagazig University Hospitals. Subjects and Methods: Research design: A descriptive correlational research design. Setting: The study was conducted in all Zagazig University Hospitals, Asharqia, Egypt. Subjects: Two types of samples were utilized: 1) A stratified random sample of 375staff nurses and 2) A convenient sample of 100 head nurses who assess the level nurses' innovative work behavior Tools of data collection: Data were collected by using a knowledge sharing scale, innovative work behavior scale. Results: Indicated that 71.8 % of studied nurses had a moderate level of innovative work behavior. Additionally, (74.1 %) of studied nurses had ma oderate level of knowledge sharing. Conclusion: there was sa ignificant and direct association between knowledge sharing, nd innovative work behavior among nurses. Furthermore, nurses' knowledge sharing was a positive significant predictor of innovation work behavior among nurses. Recommendations: Nurse Managers should develop strategies to improve nurses' level of knowledge sharing and innovative work behavior. Also, staff nurses should learn how to work proactively, and make a difference at work for problem recognition and improve innovative behavior.

Knowledge Sharing Behavior and its Relation to Innovative Work among Nurses at Intensive Care Units

“…Furthermore, nurses may search to find better ways to do things, develop their experience and self-confidence at work, make better vital decisions, update and enrich resources with additional updates and information, and learn new techniques to improve patients care, all of these can't happen without sharing knowledge. This finding was in the same line with Elsiad et al, (2020) (25) who revealed that staff nurses had a high level of total knowledge sharing. In addition, Castaneda and Durán (2018) (26) who measured knowledge sharing behavior among participants and found workers had a high mean score of knowledge sharing behavior.…”