Effects of Self-leadership and Job Involvement on Clinical Competence in General Hospital Nurses

Purpose: This study was performed to identify the effects of self-leadership and job involvement on clinical com-petence in general hospital nurses. Methods: The participants in this study were 443 staff nurses working in general hospitals and having more than 6 months of nursing experience. Data were collected using self-administered questionnaires. Results: There were significant positive correlations between nurses ’ self-leadership and job in-volvement, and between nurses ’ self-leadership and clinical competence. In the multiple regression analysis, clinical career, type of department and self-leadership were significant predictors in explaining nurses ’ clinical competence and accounted for 28 % of the variance in nurses ’ clinical competence. Conclusion: Study findings suggest that nurses ’ self-leadership is defined as having an important influence on nurses ’ clinical competence. In order to strengthen nurses ’ clinical competence, there is a need to develop education programs to increase nurses’ self-leadership