The Effect of Organizational Culture on Nurses’ Attitudes Toward Productivity

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effects of nurses' sociodemographic characteristics, professional characteristics, and organizational culture on nurses’ attitudes toward productivity. Methods: This descriptive and relational study was conducted between January 2018 and April 2018 with 352 nurses who had been working in four hospitals in Istanbul (Türkiye) for at least six months. Data were collected using the “Individual Descriptive Characteristics Form,” the “Denison Organizational Culture Scale,” and the “Attitudes Towards Productivity Scale”. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, and multiple regression analysis (backward method) were used for the analysis of the data. Results: While the participating nurses’ attitudes towards productivity levels were close to average, their organizational culture levels were moderate. A positive, strong, and highly significant relationship was found between organizational culture and nurses’ productivity attitudes (r=0.61; P