Staff Nurses Perception Toward Organizational Culture and Its Relation to Innovative Work Behavior at Critical Care Units

Fawzia Farouk Kamel

doi:10.11648/j.ajns.20170603.23

Abstract

Background: Health care organization culture can influenced by its ability to manage human resources and has a strong impact on its performance. Aim: the study aimed to assess staff nurses perception toward organizational culture and its relation to their innovative work behavior at critical care units. Setting: The study was conducted in critical care units at Benha University Hospital. Research design: descriptive correlation design was utilized to conduct this study. Sample: Convenience sample consisted of 76 nurses who worked at the previously mentioned setting. Tools: Two tools were used for data collection; (a) organizational culture assessment questionnaire and (b) Innovative work behavior scale. Results: the study showed that, the highest mean score of nurses perception regarding organizational culture was related to organizational learning (2.51±19.15), while the lowest mean score was related to creating change (12.10±3.26). Also, the highest mean score of innovative work behavior were related to idea championing and idea implementation (8.46±1.91 and 12.30±2.76). Conclusion: more than half of staff nurses had positive perception regarding organizational culture, half of staff nurses had high innovative work behavior and there is a significant correlation between staff nurses perception regard organization culture and their innovative work behavior. Recommendations: it recommended that, enhance nurses organizational learning through designated in-service educational programs, reduce staff nurses resistance to change through communication and support innovation as a job requirement.

Highlights

Organizations are characterizing forums where individuals with different backgrounds, abilities, personalities and behaviors wok together as a cooperative unit to achieve certain objectives [1]
This study aims at assessing staff nurses perception toward organizational culture and its relation to innovative work behavior at critical care units
Convenience sample consisted of 76 staff nurses; 47 of them working at intensive care unit (ICU), 18 staff nurses working at coronary care unit (CCU) and 11 staff nurses working at cardiothoracic care unit, subject was recruited according to the following inclusion criteria; staff nurses had not less than one-year experience in their working place at the time of study

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Introduction

Organizations are characterizing forums where individuals with different backgrounds, abilities, personalities and behaviors wok together as a cooperative unit to achieve certain objectives [1]. Each organization have a distinct culture that found in practices, values, beliefs, expectations, assumptions, and collective memory which tend to strongly resist to change. It emphasizes on social dynamic characteristic of organizations and determines the organization strategy and performance so it is an important factor of success or failure of organization. The organization culture consisted of several factors including internal communication, work balance, leadership style professional growth, employee satisfaction, reward system, and organization performance. Aim: the study aimed to assess staff nurses perception toward organizational culture and its relation to their innovative work behavior at critical care units. Recommendations: it recommended that, enhance nurses organizational learning through designated in-service educational programs, reduce staff nurses resistance to change through communication and support innovation as a job requirement

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