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Motivational needs on team performance of K orean nursing students
Author(s) -
Yi Y.J.,
Park K.H.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international nursing review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1466-7657
pISSN - 0020-8132
DOI - 10.1111/inr.12164
Subject(s) - teamwork , psychology , need for achievement , nursing , applied psychology , medical education , medicine , social psychology , political science , law
Aim The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of an individual's motivational needs on team performance, centering on the needs for affiliation, power and achievement, following the M c C lelland's A chievement M otivation T heory. Background Most previous studies related to M c C lelland's A chievement M otivation T heory have focused on achievement motivation as a predictor of team performance. In contrast, affiliation and power motivations were relatively little known in connection with team performance. Methods This was a descriptive, cross‐sectional study using data from 181 junior nursing students in K orea. Data were collected from a questionnaire when the subjects’ teamwork task was completed in N ovember 2013. Multiple regression analysis was used to examine the influence of motivational needs on team performance. Finding Each group having high levels of the need for affiliation, or the need for power and/or the need for achievement showed a significantly high level of teamwork skills and team effectiveness. The factors influencing teamwork skills were the need for affiliation and the need for achievement. Additionally, the factors influencing team effectiveness were also the need for affiliation and the need for achievement. Conclusion The study reconfirmed the positive influence of the need for achievement, which was the focus of most previous research, in regard to personal and organizational growth. Furthermore, it identified that the need for affiliation, another type of internal motive, positively affected team performance as well. Implications for nursing and health policy Nursing schools and nursing organizations should pay attention to their members’ affiliation and achievement needs to enhance organizational efficiencies. Through efforts such as developing diverse continuing education programmes for need training, they could enhance their members’ needs for affiliation or achievement and consequently increase nursing team performance.