Effect of nurses' work value on work performance: the dual mediating effect of intrinsic motivation and self-efficacy

ObjectiveTo explore the relationship between clinical nurses' work value and job performance, and dual mediating effect of intrinsic motivation and self-efficacy.

MethodsA total of 409 clinical nurses were investigated using self-designed general information questionnaire, work value scale, intrinsic motivation scale, self-efficacy scale and job performance scale, and the results of which was analyzed to construct the structural equation model.

ResultsThe Work value, work performance, intrinsic motivation and self-efficacy were positively correlated(P < 0.01).The structural equation model showed that the work value, intrinsic motivation and self-efficacy had direct effects on job performance, and the work value was also mediated by motivation and self-efficacy, which had indirect effects on job performance(P < 0.05).The standardized path coefficients of work value, intrinsic motivation and self-efficacy on job performance were 0.18, 0.42 and 0.16, respectively(P < 0.01), and the total standardized effect of work value on job performance was 0.48.External variable work value, intrinsic motivation and self-efficacy could explain 40% of the total variation of job performance of internal variable.

ConclusionsHospital and nursing managers should actively mobilize nurses' intrinsic motivation and self-efficacy, and improve the job performance system and management system of nurses.