Open Access, Peer-reviewed
pISSN 1225-9330
eISSN 2288-4955
    J Korean Acad Nurs Adm. 2010 Jun;16(2):172-179. Korean.
    Published online Jun 30, 2010.
    https://doi.org/10.11111/jkana.2010.16.2.172
    Copyright © 2010 Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
    Original Article

    Canonical Correlation between Organizational Culture and Informatics Competency

    Myoung Soo Kim1
      • 1Full-time Lecturer, Department of Nursing, Pukyong National University, Korea.
    • Correspondence: Kim, Myoung Soo. Department of Nursing, Pukyong National University, 599-1, Daeyeon 3 dong, Nam-gu, Busan 608-737, Korea. Tel(office): 82-51-629-5782, C.P.: 82-10-9878-3136, Fax: 82-51-629-5789, Email: kanosa@pknu.ac.kr
    Received April 28, 2010; Revised May 30, 2010; Accepted June 04, 2010.

    Abstract

    Purpose

    The purpose of this study was to examine the canonical correlation between organizational culture and nurses' informatics competency.

    Method

    Participants in this study were 354 nurses from three hospitals and one university. The scales of organizational culture, informatics competency for nurses were used. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient, canonical correlation were used for data analysis.

    Results

    The dominant organizational culture was hierarch-oriented culture. Nursing informatics competency of the participants was relatively low with a mean score 3.04. Organizational culture was related to informatics competency with 2 significant canonical variables. The first variate showed the higher four subcategories of organizational culture showed the better nursing informatics. The second variate indicated that nurses felt higher innovation-related and lower hierarch-related culture showed higher medical informatics-related software usage and computer related information management, lower perception of informatics and information search using internet.

    Conclusion

    Organization culture has a major of impact on the success of information system use. Therefore, the continuous strategy for higher innovation-related organizational culture such as management support should be needed.

    Keywords
    Organizational culture; Informatics; Professional competence

    Tables

    Table 1
    Demographics and work related characteristics of study population (N=354)

    Table 2
    Descriptive statistics of organizational culture and informatics competency among study population (N=354)

    Table 3
    Correlation between organizational culture and informatics competency (N=354)

    Table 4
    Canonical correlation between organizational culture and informatics competency (N=354)

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    MeSH Terms
    Informatics
    Information Management
    Information Systems
    Internet
    Nursing Informatics
    Organizational Culture
    Professional Competence
    Statistics as Topic
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