title: Leadership, Knowledge Sharing, and Creativity: The Key Factors in Nurses' Innovative Behaviors.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study identified the factors that affect the innovative behaviors of nurses at general hospitals based on their individual and organizational characteristics.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  The predictors of innovative nursing behaviors, such as self-leadership, individual knowledge sharing, creative self-efficacy, organizational knowledge sharing, and innovative organizational cultures, should be explored at individual and organizational level.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study administered a cross-sectional survey to 347 registered nurses working at 6 general hospitals (with >300 beds) in central South Korea. Data were collected using a self-report questionnaire and analyzed using structural equation modeling.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Self-leadership, creative self-efficacy, and individual knowledge sharing directly affected individual innovative behaviors. Organizational knowledge sharing indirectly affected individual innovative behaviors, and this effect was mediated by an innovative organizational culture.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study contributes to the knowledge base regarding the effective management of individuals and organizations through innovative behavior; furthermore, it provides future directions for nursing interventions.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliation: Assistant Professor (Dr Kim), Department of Nursing, Masan College, Masan; Professor (Dr Park), College of Nursing, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea.
authors.forename: Sung-Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Myonghwa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003405:Creativity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006769:Hospitals, General / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D019359:Knowledge; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016294:Models, Nursing; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D056910:Republic of Korea; D020377:Self Efficacy; D057566:Self Report; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D000078329:Workforce