relationship between organizational trust and nurse administrators' productivity in hospitals

Management of health care organizations based on employee's mutual trust will increase the improvement in functions and tasks. The present study was performed to investigate the relationship between organizational trust and the nurse administrators' productivity in educational health centers of in Health-Education Centers of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. This research was a descriptive and correlational study. The population included all nurse administrators. In this research, 165 nurses were selected through random sampling method. Data collection instruments were organizational trust questionnaire based on Robbins's model and productivity questionnaire based on Hersy and Blanchard's model. Validity of these questionnaires was determined through content validity and their reliability was calculated through Cranach's alpha. Statistical analysis was used: The data analysis was done using the SPSS [18] statistical software. The indicators of organizational trust such as loyalty, competence, honesty, and stability were more than average level but explicitness indicator was at average level. The components of productivity such as ability, job knowledge, environmental compatibility, performance feedback, and validity were more than average level but motivation factor was at average level and organizational support was less than average level. There were a significant multiple correlations between organizational trust and productivity. Beta coefficients among organizational trust and productivity were significant and no autocorrelation existed and regression model was significant. Committed employees, timely performing the tasks and developing the sense of responsibility among employees can enhance production and productivity in the health care organizations

Relationship between faculty members' participation in administrative decision-making and the level of their morale in the university of Isfahan and medical science University of Isfahan

The research focused on the relationship between faculty members' participation in three decision-making dimensions namely educational, administrative and research which their moral dimensions including belongingness, identification and rationality. The rate of faculty members' participation was studied based on such demographic variables as gender, specialty and rank, seniority and employment status. A descriptive and correlation coefficient research method was employed. The statistical sample consisted of 165 faculty members who were selected through a multi-stage sampling method from the two universities. The research data were collected through two researcher-made questionnaires: 1. participation in decision-making and 2. morale measurement questionnaire. The questionnaire reliability was measure with Cronback-Alpha coefficient method. The questionnaire validity was determined based on content validity and internal validity was analyzed. The results revealed that there was a relationship between the degree of faculty members' participation in administrative decision-makings and their morale level. Participation in educational decision-makings correlated with high belongingness. Also faculty members' participation in administrative decision-makings increased the rationality dimension of their morale. Also there was a relationship between the degree of faculty members' participation in research decision-makings and the identification dimension of their morale. The highest degree of faculty members' participation in administrative decision makings was in the area of research and the least rate of participation pertained to educational decision-makings. Furthermore, the ranking of the three dimensions of morale in the sample showed that the level of their morale with respect to rational dimension was higher and was lower with respect to belongingness