Organizational citizenship behaviour of men in nursing professions: Career stage perspectives

Abstract

BackgroundWomen engage in organizational citizenship behaviour more frequently than men. Little research has investigated organizational citizenship behaviour in men and male nurses, especially from a career development stage perspective. AimTo investigate work-related factors and organizational citizenship behaviour status as well as predictors of organizational citizenship behaviour of male nurses at different career stages. MethodA total of 167 male nurses were selected by random sampling to complete a mailed questionnaire. Nurses were divided into the following career stages: exploration (clinical seniority<2 years), establishment (clinical seniority=2–5years), and maintenance (clinical seniority>5 years). FindingsOf the 167 male nurses who agreed to participate, 139 returned completed questionnaires, resulting in a response rate of 83.2%. The stage with the highest percentage of male nurses was the establishment stage. Nurses in the maintenance stage had the highest salaries, educational level, hospital position, organizational support, organizational identification, and organizational citizenship behaviour. Organizational identification was the only significant predictor of organizational citizenship behaviour for the three career stages. ConclusionsHospital management should promote organizational citizenship behaviour for male nurses by increasing organizational identification, especially during the establishment stage.