J Korean Acad Nurs Adm.  2016 Jun;22(3):251-259. 10.11111/jkana.2016.22.3.251.

Effects of Workplace Spirituality and Organizational Citizenship Behavior on Nursing Performance

• Noh GM
• Yoo MS

• KMID: 2326653
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.11111/jkana.2016.22.3.251

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of workplace spirituality and organizational citizenship behavior on nurses' performance of nursing.
METHODS
This study was done over a 6 month period, with 395 nurses participants from 5 different general hospitals with 400 beds in 4 regions of Korea. Data were gathered using self-reported questionnaires from July 23 to August 21, 2015. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, one way ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients, and multiple regression analyses with IBM SPSS 21.0 program.
RESULTS
Nursing performance showed positive correlations with workplace spirituality and organizational citizenship behavior. The significant predictors of the nursing performance by nurses were a master's degree or higher (β=.26), civic virtue (β=.19), courtesy (β=.12), 40 years of age or older (β=.09), a sense of empathy (β=.07), and a bachelor's degree in nursing (β=.06). These variables explained 39.2% of the variance in nursing performance by nurses.
CONCLUSION
Based on the outcomes of this study, there is a need to develop intervention programs that can inspire nurse to show spontaneous organizational citizenship behavior, and enhance their workplace spirituality. Related variables including academic credentials should also be taken into account.

Keyword

Nurses; Workplace; Spirituality; Employee performance appraisal

MeSH Terms

Empathy
Employee Performance Appraisal
Hospitals, General
Korea
Nursing*
Spirituality*
Virtues

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