The correlation analysis between organizational justice, knowledge-hiding behaviour and Nurses' innovation ability: A...

Area of Science:

• Nursing Research
• Organizational Behavior
• Healthcare Management

Background:

• Understanding factors influencing nurses' innovation is critical for healthcare advancement.
• Knowledge-hiding behavior can impede the sharing of novel ideas and practices among healthcare professionals.
• Organizational justice is a key element in shaping employee attitudes and behaviors in the workplace.

Purpose of the Study:

• To analyze the correlations among organizational justice, knowledge-hiding behavior, and nurses' innovation ability.
• To investigate the role of organizational fairness in influencing nurses' propensity to hide knowledge and innovate.

Main Methods:

• A descriptive, cross-sectional study design was employed.
• Data were collected using questionnaires assessing demographic information, professional data, innovation capacity, knowledge hiding, and organizational justice.
• Statistical analyses included descriptive statistics, t-tests, ANOVA, and Pearson's/Spearman's correlation analyses.

Main Results:

• A total of 1486 valid responses were analyzed.
• Organizational justice, information justice, and fair distribution were identified as factors influencing nurses' innovation.
• Nurses' sense of organizational fairness negatively correlated with knowledge concealment and positively correlated with innovation ability; knowledge hiding negatively correlated with innovation ability, partially mediating the relationship between organizational fairness and innovation.

Conclusions:

• Enhancing organizational justice is crucial for reducing knowledge-hiding behaviors among nurses.
• Promoting a fair work environment can significantly boost nurses' innovation capacity.
• Addressing knowledge hiding is essential for unlocking the full innovative potential of nursing staff.