Abstract:
This study investigates the innovative work behavior of nurses in governmental university hospitals, focusing the relationship between lifelong learning, innovative leadership, and the organizational innovation climate. Additionally, it aims to identify key variables that collectively predict innovative work behavior of nurses in governmental university hospitals. The sample comprised 210 nurses with at least one year of professional experience in governmental university hospitals. The research tools included questionnaires on personal information, lifelong learning, innovative leadership, organizational innovation climate, and innovative work behavior. These instruments were validated by five experts, yielding Content Validity Index (CVI) scores of .94, .89, .88, and .93, respectively. Reliability was confirmed through Cronbach's alpha, with coefficients of .90, .97, .95, and .96. The analysis employed descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation, and multiple regression analysis Results indicated that nurses innovative work behavior was moderate (M = 3.49, S.D. = 0.76). Lifelong learning, innovative leadership, and the organizational innovation climate were found to have significant positive correlations with innovative work behavior (r = .683, .524, and .499, respectively, p < .05). The combined predictive power of lifelong learning, organizational innovation climate, and innovative leadership accounted for 53.6% of the variance in innovative work behavior (Adjusted R² = .536). These predictors can be represented in the following standardized regression equation: ZIWB = .540 ZLLL + .192 ZOIC + .149 ZIL