Structural Model of Psychological Characteristics of Nurses' Entrepreneurship Based on the Power Resources of Managers and the Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction

Background and objectives: according to the current situation, entrepreneurship and innovation are essential for organizations seeking to survive and work. so presentation of the structural model of psychological characteristics of nurses' entrepreneurship based on the power resources of managers and the mediating role of job satisfaction at miandoab city hospitals. methods: this correlation study was conducted through a survey. the statistical population of this study included all nurses of fateme hospital and abbasi miandoab hospital in 2017. a statistical sample of cochran formula was selected from 152 nurses by stratified random sampling from the statistical population. data were collected by hinkin and shriykhm questionnaire(1989) and questionnaires measuring psychological characteristics were entrepreneurial nurses, whose validity and reliability were confirmed by relevant tests. in order to analyze the data, structural equation modeling based on partial maximum squares was used. results: the results showed that power resources of managers has a positive and negative effects on nurses entrepreneurship (β = 0.380, sig= 0.002) and a positive influence on job satisfaction of nurses (β = 0.560, sig= 0.000) it also was found that job satisfaction effects positively on nurses entrepreneurship(β = 0.751, sig= 0.000).therefore, according to the findings, the role of mediating job satisfaction on the relationship between managers' power and entrepreneurship characteristics of nurses was confirmed. conclusion: according to the results, hospital managers can by used from the findings of this study, use of power resources and increase job satisfaction among nurses has caused and strengthen entrepreneurial behavior and entrepreneurial spirit of its nurses and consequently guarantee the success and prosperity of the organization.