title: [Factors related to nurses' patient identification behavior and the moderating effect of person-organization value congruence climate within nursing units].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This research was an empirical study designed to identify precursors and interaction effects related to nurses' patient identification behavior. A multilevel analysis methodology was used.
  
  
  METHODS
  A self-report survey was administered to registered nurses (RNs) of a university hospital in South Korea. Of the questionnaires, 1114 were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The individual-level factors that had a significantly positive association with patient identification behavior were person-organization value congruence, organizational commitment, occupational commitment, tenure at the hospital, and tenure at the unit. Significantly negative group-level precursors of patient identification behavior were burnout climate and the number of RNs. Two interaction effects of the person-organization value congruence climate were identified. The first was a group-level moderating effect in which the negative relationship between the number of RNs and patient identification behavior was weaker when the nursing unit's value congruence climate was high. The second was a cross-level moderating effect in which the positive relationship between tenure at the unit and patient identification behavior was weaker when value congruence climate was high.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study simultaneously tested both individual-level and group-level factors that potentially influence patient identification behavior and identified the moderating role of person-organization value congruence climate. Implications of these results are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Young Mee
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: College of Business and Economics, Korea University, Sejong, Korea. global7@korea.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Seung Wan
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Changwon National University, Changwon, Korea.
authors.forename: Se Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010355:Patient Identification Systems; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace
keywords: Behavior; Identification; Multilevel analysis; Patient safety; Social value