Relationship between organizational culture and ethics work satisfaction among baccalaureate nurses at main Assiut University Hospital

ABSTRACT

There is an important ethical aspect to any organizational culture and depending on the nature of the culture different ethical standards may guide the behavior of organization members, each culture has somewhat different potential for supporting a healthy, successful organization and has different impact on the satisfaction and careers of employees. This study was conducted with the aim of identify the relationship between the organizational culture and ethics work satisfaction. Subjects of this study included all nurses who have Baccalaureate degree [no. 110] working in the Main Assiut University Hospital. They classified into [97 head nurses] and [13 supervisors]]. Tools used in data collection include three tools Socio-demographic Data Sheet, Organizational Culture questionnaire developed by [Daft, 2000] and modified by the researcher, which profiling three types of culture strong, medium, and weak. Ethics work satisfaction questionnaire was developed by Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health care Organizations [1994] and Hinshow [1987]. It divided into two factors organizational ethics [7 items]and personnel ethics [9 items].The response for both tools will be measured on five point likert scale that ranged from [5] strongly agree to [1] strongly disagree. Work Variable Questionnaire divided into three parts as regard to the organizational support [6 items] was developed by Marques and Huston, [2006], recommendation [7 items], and retention [9 items] developed by Mohamed, [2001] response will be measured on [3] for agree, [2] for not decided, and [1] for disagree. The result revealed that there were a positive statistically significant correlation between strong culture and personnel ethics [r= -453, P<0.05]. While, strong positive statistically significant correlation was found between medium type of organizational culture and personnel ethics items [r=354, 415, statistically significant at p<0.01]. Additionally, as regard weak type of organizational culture there was a positive statistically significant correlation with personnel ethics items [r=982, p<0.05]. On the light of the study findings the researcher recommended that Instituting an ethics committee made up of interdisciplinary representative from nursing, medicine, administration, these committees provide guidance to patients and their families as well as the health care team, provide ongoing support to nurses through feedback and positive reinforcement and positive environment or culture, Give opportunities to nurses to participate in choosing topics which needed to improve their abilities and needs, Provide safety measures to protect health care providers from occupational health hazard