EXAMINATION OF NURSESS' PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND INTENTION TO COLLABORATE WITHIN THE THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR: THE CASE OF HEALTH INSTITUTIONS

Abstract

The aim of current study was to evaluate the relationship between nurses' cooperation intentions and personality traits within the scope of the theory of planned behavior. The population of the study consisted of nurses working in a public hospital. (n=600) In current study, no sampling was made from the population and a survey was applied to all nurses (n=549). Five-factor personality traits scale, nurse-nurse cooperation scale and general cooperation scale were applied in data collection. SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) statistical package program was used to analyze the data. Cronbach Alpha Analysis was performed for the reliability of the scales used in the study. Normal distribution test was applied before statistical analysis was performed with the data obtained from the survey. Factor analysis was performed to determine to what extent the survey questions could explain the theory of planned behavior and its sub-dimensions, and also to determine how all the questions in the survey were distributed among the theory of planned behavior sub-dimensions. At the end of the analysis, it was determined that all survey questions explained the theory of planned behavior at a rate of 61% and the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin Sampling Adequacy Measurement result was high (KMO = 0.935). In our study; A significant difference was observed between the perceived behavioral control/self-efficacy/normative belief dimensions, which are sub-variables of the theory of planned behavior, and the perceived behavioral control/subjective norm dimensions depending on the nurses' workplaces. A significant difference was found between the intention to cooperate and neuroticism/openness/self-discipline personality types. Also, a significant difference was found between intention to cooperate and neuroticism/openness/self-discipline personality types. As a result of the research, suggestions were presented for the development of nurses' personality traits and cooperation intentions within the scope of the theory of planned behavior.