The Organizational Revenge Intention in Nurses: Is the Organizational Justice Perception Effective?

Abstract

Aim: This descriptive and correlational study aims to determine whether nurses have organizational revenge intentions and evaluate the effect of organizational justice perceptions. Method: The study was conducted on 526 nurses who accepted to participate in the research. The participants work in three hospitals: one university and two Ministry of Health hospitals. The data were collected using a personal information form, the Organizational Revenge Intention Scale (ORIS), and the Organizational Justice Perception Scale (OJPS). Institutional permissions and ethics committee permissions were obtained for the research. Data were collected from June 2015 to March 2016. Data were analyzed using the Cronbach Alpha Coefficient, frequency and percentage distribution, descriptive statistics, Pearson Product-Moment correlation analysis, Simple Linear Regression analysis, and t-test. Results: As a result of the evaluation of the research data, it was determined that nurses perceived injustice in 'distribution justice,' but their organizational revenge intentions were low. In addition, it was determined that there was a negative relationship between all dimensions of nurses' perception of organizational justice and organizational revenge intention, especially 'interactional justice' and general organizational justice perception and organizational revenge intention. It was revealed that the interactional justice perceived by the nurses was effective on their organizational revenge intention by 2% and the general organizational justice perception by 1%. Conclusions: As a result of the research, it was revealed that the perception of organizational justice has a very low effect on the organizational revenge intention of nurses.

Keywords

• nursing
• revenge intention
• organizational justice perceptions
• organizational revenge