Work Ethic, Perceived Organizational Support and Proactive Work Behaviors Among Nurses in Health Promotion Hospitals Under the Department of Health
Keywords:
Work ethic, Perceived organizational support, Proactive work behaviors, Nurses, Health promotion hospitalsAbstract
Nurses’ work ethic and perceived organizational support are important and influence proactive work behavior which helps encourage staff to perform their work creatively and effectively, leading to achievement of organizational goals. This descriptive correlational research study aimed to examine work ethic, perceived organizational support, and proactive work behavior, and the relationship between work ethic, perceived organizational support, and proactive work behavior of nurses in health promotion hospitals under the Department of Health. Using multi-stage sampling, the participants consisted of 162 nurses from four health promotion hospitals. Research instruments included four parts: 1) a demographic data form, 2) a questionnaire on work ethic, 3) a questionnaire on perceived organizational support, and 4) a questionnaire on proactive work behavior. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of the three questionnaires were .86, .96, and .91, respectively. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Spearman’s rank-order correlation, and Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient.
The results of the study revealed that:
1. The overall work ethic of nurses was at a high level (M = 22.75, SD = 4.38) while perceived organizational support (M = 3.99, SD = 1.01) and proactive work behavior (M = 3.52, SD = 0.67) were at a moderate level.
2. Work ethic and perceived organizational support had a positive significant correlation with proactive work behavior (rs = 0.383, p < 0.001; r = 0.302, p < 0.01, respectively).
The results of this study can be used as information for nursing administrators to realize the importance of maintaining good work ethic for nurses and seeking strategies to promote nurses' perception of organizational support, which will promote proactive work behavior among nurses in health promotion hospitals.
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