The Relation between Organizational Justice and Nurses'Job Enjoyment

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Nursing Specialist at Sers El-Lyan Nursing School

2 Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing-Menoufia University.

3 Assistant Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing-Menoufia University.

Abstract

Abstract: Background: Nurses enjoyment is a growing global challenge in healthcare organizations. Promoting nurses’ organizational justice may help to maintain enjoyment,satisfaction among nurses and have an impact on their job attitudes and work behaviors. Purpose: To determine the relation between organizational justice and nurses' job enjoyment Design: A descriptive correlational research design was used Setting: The study was conducted in all units and departments at Sers El-Lyan Central Hospital Subjects: Simple random sample technique of 176  nurses constitutes the study sample. Instruments:Two instruments were used, which are organizational justice questionnaire and nurses' Job enjoyment scale. Results: More than half (56.1%) of the studied nurses had a low perception level regarding organizational justice. While, the minority (13.9%) of them had a high perception level of organizational justice. Moreover, half (50%) of the studied nurses had a moderate perception level concerning job enjoyment. While, the minority (17.2%) of them had a low perception level of job enjoyment. Conclusion: There was a highly statistically significant strong positive correlation between total scores of organizational justice and job enjoyment among studied nurses. Recommendations: Hospital administration need to develop strategies to improve job enjoyment among staff nurses especially who working at critical care units as increasing incentives and a future study to determine factors affecting on organizational justice and job enjoyment among nurses.

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