Job Satisfaction and Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) in Nurses

Abstract

The quality of service in hospitals can be improved if individuals, in this case nurses, have Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB). OCB is a form of behavior that is a choice of individual initiative and is not related to the organization's formal reward system but in aggregate increases organizational effectiveness. Objective: This research aims to determine the relationship between the level of job satisfaction and the OCB of nurses in Dr. RSUD. M.M Dunda Limboto  inpatient ward.  Method: Quantitative research method, Analytical Survey research design with a Cross-Sectional approach. The population in this study was 215 nurses and the sample used was 121 inpatient nurses, with a sampling technique using purposive sampling. This research uses the Spearman Rank Test. Results: the research results obtained a correlation coefficient of r= 0.342 (p-value = 0.000 or < 0.005), meaning that there is a relationship between job satisfaction and the level of OCB of nurses in the inpatient room at Dr. M.M Dunda Limboto. Conclusions: It is expected that hospital institutions can pay attention to the factors that influence job satisfaction in nurses so that they have a positive impact on the level of Organizational Citizenship Behavior in nurses.