Nurses Perception of Organizational Virtuousness and Identification as a Mediating Role of Community at Work

Abstract

Background: Organizational virtue refers to the commendable moral attributes of anorganization, which are seen as key to its success and vibrancy. Nurses who strongly identifywith their organization tend to cultivate positive attitudes toward both the organization and theircolleagues. Aim: The current study aimed to explore nurses’ perception of organizationalvirtuousness and identification as a mediating role of community at work. Design: A descriptivecorrelational design was carried out to achieve the study aim. Setting: Current study wasconducted at (Oncology Institute and Minia University Liver Hospital), Minia city, Egypt.Sample: included the convenient nurses working at the two selected hospitals at data collectiontime (n.=200). Tools: Three self-administered instruments utilized to collect data pertinent to thestudy named Organizational Virtuousness Scale, Organizational Identification Scale andCommunity at Work Questionnaire. Results: (77.5%) among the studied nurses exhibit a “high”level of total organizational virtuousness and (76.5%) have “high” perception level oforganizational identification while (78%) report a “high” level of community in the workplace.Conclusion: Perceived Organizational Virtuousness was positively correlated to both perceivedorganizational identification and community at work in addition; a positive correlation foundbetween perceived organizational identification and community at work, correlations were strongwith high statistical significance. Recommendations: Frequent evaluations and continuoustraining programs should be implemented to strengthen organizational virtues and identificationpractices. Additionally, developing mentorship programs can help foster a sense of communityamong nurses