TY - JOUR
T1 - The relationships among nurses' job characteristics and attitudes toward web-based continuing learning
AU - Chiu, Yen Lin
AU - Tsai, Chin Chung
AU - Fan Chiang, Chih Yun
PY - 2013/4/1
Y1 - 2013/4/1
N2 - The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between job characteristics (job demands, job control and social support) and nurses' attitudes toward web-based continuing learning. A total of 221 in-service nurses from hospitals in Taiwan were surveyed. The Attitudes toward Web-based Continuing Learning Survey (AWCL) was employed as the outcome variables, and the Chinese version Job Characteristic Questionnaire (C-JCQ) was administered to assess the predictors for explaining the nurses' attitudes toward web-based continuing learning. To examine the relationships among these variables, hierarchical regression was conducted. The results of the regression analysis revealed that job control and social support positively associated with nurses' attitudes toward web-based continuing learning. However, the relationship of job demands to such learning was not significant. Moreover, a significant demands. ×. job control interaction was found, but the job demands. ×. social support interaction had no significant relationships with attitudes toward web-based continuing learning.
AB - The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between job characteristics (job demands, job control and social support) and nurses' attitudes toward web-based continuing learning. A total of 221 in-service nurses from hospitals in Taiwan were surveyed. The Attitudes toward Web-based Continuing Learning Survey (AWCL) was employed as the outcome variables, and the Chinese version Job Characteristic Questionnaire (C-JCQ) was administered to assess the predictors for explaining the nurses' attitudes toward web-based continuing learning. To examine the relationships among these variables, hierarchical regression was conducted. The results of the regression analysis revealed that job control and social support positively associated with nurses' attitudes toward web-based continuing learning. However, the relationship of job demands to such learning was not significant. Moreover, a significant demands. ×. job control interaction was found, but the job demands. ×. social support interaction had no significant relationships with attitudes toward web-based continuing learning.
KW - Job control
KW - Job demands
KW - Nurses
KW - Social support
KW - Web-based continuing learning
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nedt.2013.01.011
DO - 10.1016/j.nedt.2013.01.011
M3 - Article
C2 - 23428362
AN - SCOPUS:84876804978
VL - 33
SP - 327
EP - 333
JO - Nurse Education Today
JF - Nurse Education Today
SN - 0260-6917
IS - 4
ER -