Predicting positive organizational behavior based on structural and psychological empowerment among nurses

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation

Nader Salari¹  Amin Hosseinian-Far²  Faranak Jafari³  Alireza Abdi³  Niaz Ezatizadeh³ 

[1] Department of Biostatistics, School of Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran;Department of Business Systems and Operations, University of Northampton, Northampton, UK;Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran;

关键词: Positive organizational behavior;    Empowerment;    Structural empowerment;    Psychological empowerment;    Nurses;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12962-021-00289-1

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundPositive Organizational Behavior (POB) as an application of positive psychology provides the opportunity to nurses to deliver an effective and high-quality service. This study aims to predict positive organizational behavior based on structural and psychological empowerment among Nurses.MethodIn this descriptive-analytical study, the selected population was the nurses working in university hospitals affiliated to Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, of which 152 people were selected using quota sampling strategy and according to the set entry criteria. The research data were collected using the standard questionnaires of Kanter’s Structural Empowerment, Spreitzer’s Psychological Empowerment, and Luthans’ Positive Organizational Behavior, and were then entered into SPSS16 software.ResultsThere are significant and direct relationships between the elements of structural empowerment with positive organizational behavior (r = 1.496), and psychological empowerment with positive organizational behavior (r = 1.379). Overall structural and psychological empowerment criteria predict 29% of variance in positive organizational behavior among nurses.ConclusionThis study highlights the importance of structural and psychological empowerment as strong predictors for positive organizational behavior.

【 授权许可】

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