Relationship between Organizational Cynicism and Nurses’ Intension for Turnover as Perceived by Nurses | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 23, Volume 12, Issue 2, June 2021, Pages 383-397 PDF (379.66 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.163260 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Nancy Sabry Hassan El-liethiey; Amal Diab Ghanem Atalla | ||
| Nursing administration, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Organizational cynicism is unfavourable standpoint that is reported to have an impact on nurses’ intention for turnover. Purpose: The aim of this study was to to investigate the relationship between organizational cynicism and nurse’s intension for turnover as perceived by nurses in two governmental health care hospitals at Alexandria governorate. Method: A descriptive correlational design was utilized with convenient sample of nurses (n= 534), two tools were used to measure the study variables: Tool I: Organizational cynicism questionnaire. Tool II: Turnover intension Questionnaire. Results: There was statistically significant positive correlation between organizational cynicism and nurses’ intention for turnover. The nurses were perceived moderate organizational cynicism and intension for turnover. The highest mean percent score of organizational cynicism as perceived by the studied nurses was related to cognitive cynicism. Conclusion: the studied nurses perceived moderate level of organizational cynicism as well as intension for turnover. There was statistically significant positive correlation between organizational cynicism and nurses’ intention for turnover. Recommendations: Continuous periodic training programs should be given for nurses in different health care units, to increase their awareness about organizational cynicism, conflict management, effective communication with emotional intelligence, and stress management in coping with stressful situations | ||
| Keywords | ||
| organizational cynicism; nurses; turnover | ||
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