Nurse's Employability in Job Transfers: A Survey of Nurses' Perceptions

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K21160
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: 0908:Society medicine, nursing, and related fields
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: ISOBE Tamaki 東京大学, 大学院医学系研究科(医学部), 助教 (60909935)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-08-30 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 生涯キャリア発達 / キャリア自律 / 採用 / 転職 / 持続可能なキャリア / エンプロイアビリティ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to investigate nurses' perceptions of employability in job transfer and changes in career-related perceptions as a result of their knowledge of the components of employability. An Internet survey was conducted, and 700 registered nurse license holders responded. Self-ratings of employability before information about the components averaged 5.6 points (1-10). After the self-assessment for each element, 5.9% felt that their employability was "higher" than they expected, 25.4% "somewhat higher," 43.0% "about the same," and 17.7% "somewhat lower. More than 70% of the respondents indicated that self-evaluation according to the components positively impacted the objective self-evaluation of their employability, future learning, and so on.

Free Research Field

看護管理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

看護師が自身のエンプロイアビリティを客観的な視点をもって評価できるようになることは、看護師が自身の能力開発やキャリア選択を主体的に考えるきっかけになると考えられ、ひいては看護師の自律的なキャリアデザインを促進することが期待される。
本研究は、看護師における自身のエンプロイアビリティに関する認識の実態および、職場移動における看護師のエンプロイアビリティの構成要素に沿った自己評価の有用性を明らかにしたものであり、今後の看護師のエンプロイアビリティ自己評価ツールの開発に有益な知見を提供したという点に学術的意義、社会的意義があると言える。