Organizational Justice and Voice Behavior of Nurses in Tertiary Hospitals of Dali, the People’s Republic of China
Keywords:
Organizational Justice, Voice Behavior, Nurses, ChinaAbstract
Organizational justice and voice behavior are important components of the healthcare system to reach positive organizational outcomes and quality nursing care. This descriptive correlational study aimed to explore organizational justice and voice behavior and to examine the relationship between organizational justice and voice behavior of nurses. The sample included 299 nurses in two tertiary hospitals of Dali, the People’s Republic of China. The research instruments included the Four-Factor Organizational Justice Scale (Colquitt, 2001) with the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of .86 and the Two-Dimension Voice Behavior Scale (Liang & Farh, 2008) with the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of .84 for promotive voice and 0.68 for prohibitive voice. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and Spearman’s rank-order correlations.
The results were presented as follows:
- The mean score of overall organizational justice was at a moderate level (=70.54, SD=11.30). Four dimensions including distributive justice and produce justice were at a moderate level (=11.99, SD=3.96; =23.99, SD=4.18, respectively), while interpersonal justice and informational justice were at a high level (=15.72, SD=2.38; =18.84, SD=3.16, respectively).
- The mean score of promotive voice was at a high level (=19.07, SD=2.78), while prohibitive voice was at a moderate level (=21.81, SD = 4.08).
- There were significantly moderately positive correlation between organizational justice and promotive voice (r=.405, p<.01), prohibitive voice (r=.434, p<.01).
The results of this study would provide baseline information for nursing managers to develop strategies to increase organizational justice and enhance the nurses’ voice behavior in Tertiary Hospital of Dali, the People’s Republic of China.
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