The Correlations Between Nursing and Medical Students’ Values and Social Innovation Tendencies

Year 2019, Volume: 27 Issue: 3, 263 - 274, 01.10.2019

Betül Sönmez Fatma Azizoğlu S.bilge Hapçıoğlu Aytolan Yıldırım

Abstract

DOI: 10.26650/FNJN363993

Aim: This study aimed to determine the
correlation between values and social innovation tendencies of nursing and
medical students and examine the effect of values on social innovation
tendencies.

Method: This descriptive and correlational
study consisted of 524 third-year students at nursing and medical faculties in
a public university in Istanbul (response rate of 57.1%). The data of the study
were collected using the information form, Portrait Values Questionnaire, and
Social Innovation Scale. The data were collected between December 2015 and May
2016. The data were analyzed using descriptive and correlational analyses, and
the factors affecting the score of social innovation were analyzed using linear
regression analysis (backward).

Results: A positive significant correlation
was determined between the total scores of Portrait Values Questionnaire and
Social Innovation Scale (r=0.453). The subscale mean scores of Portrait Values
Questionnaire had an effect of 26.6% in total score of Social Innovation Scale.
In the regression model where significance was determined (F=37.566;
p<0.01), the highest effect was observed in the subscale of universalism.

Conclusion: The value of universalism
affected the social innovation for both groups at the most, which is an
expected result by the nature of these occupations. The value of openness to
innovation including self-direction and stimulation in medical students had a
significant effect on the total score of social innovation, which is compatible
with innovative behavior literature. These results are expected to guide
educators and managers in developing socially innovative behaviors. 

Cite this article as: Sönmez, B., Azizoğlu,
F., Hapçıoğlu, B.S., Yıldırım, A. (2019). The correlations between nursing and
medical students’ values and social innovation
tendencies. FNJN Florence Nightingale Journal of Nursing, 27(3), 263-274.

Keywords

Innovation, medical students, nursing students, social innovation, values

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