Investigation of Academician Nurses Organizational Citizenship Behaviours in Turkey

Abstract

Organizational citizenship behavior improves the sharing of information within the organization by increasing the tendency of employees to cooperate. This behavior increases the success of organizations. Academician nurses who are working at nursing education institutions in Turkey is a descriptive study in order to examine level of organizational citizenship. The research was included in the School of Nursing in Turkey (n = 6), School of Health (n = 54), the Faculty of Health Sciences (n = 25), the School of Health Sciences (n = 3) and the Nursing Faculty (n = 5) served a total of 95 institutions and academic nurses (n = 676) who accepted to participate in the research. Data collection forms were Individual Identification Form and Organizational Citizenship Level Scale which was made reliability and validity by Altuntaş and Baykal (2010). According to findings, academician nurses' level of organizational citizenship (X=3.45±1,54) were found. Academician nurses' education status, total working years, academic staff and cadre statuses were found to affect organizational behavior. In this context, it is proposed that organizational leaders should make arrangements to increase the level of organizational behavior within the organization

Keywords

• örgütsel vatandaşlık düzeyi, hemşire, akademisyen