The Effect of Organizational Culture on Nurses’ Attitudes Toward Productivity

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 <.001). Regression analysis demonstrated that nurses’ productivity attitudes were affected by seven variables (R2: 46, P<.001, Durbin Watson: 1.82). Conclusion: The results of the study show that the two sub-dimensions of the Denison Organizational Culture Scale, work unit, willingness to work in the unit, workload perception, type of institution, and satisfaction with institution were important factors affecting nurses’ productivity attitudes. Hospital administrators and executive nurses should develop strategies of developing nurses' productivity attitudes by considering organizational culture.