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The environmental dimension of organizational wellbeing: results of a preliminary survey from a public University in Italy
No full textCluster Analysis of Student Stiles of Living-Together in Classroom
No full textProblem Statement:
Youth adolescents spend much of their time in school, especially in class. Hance, students’ experience of the life in class has pivotal role in their well-being and in building their future (Cohen, 2006). In this line, it is capital to investigate the different ways in which students live and perceive the classroom, in terms of their classmates and their teachers.
Purpose of Study:
The general purpose of this study is identify homogeneous groups of students who have different feelings and perception about their class and their “living-togeter”.
Research Methods:
On a sample of 1,917 Italian students attending 10th grade (52% females; mean age=15 years; s.d.=.7 year) a self report questionnaire was administred. İn particular it included PYC (“How Do You Perceive Your Classroom?”) inventory to measure ten dimensions of student perception of “living-together” (student loyalty, support, tolerance, cooperation, cohesion, assertiveness, power and rule orientation, teacher support and equity, Fida, Rosa, Avallone, in press), three student satisfaction items, a ten items values scale (Schwartz, 1992) and socio-demographic variables. To identify homogeneous groups who shared similar patterns we implemented cluster analysis (Bergman & El-Khouri, 2001). Then Anovas and chi-squared analysis were performed to validate and describe the profiles identified.
Findings:
Cluster analyses revealed four Styles of Living-Together in Classroom: cooperative/proactive/loyal living-together (students showed a positive vision of what happens in class), respectful/tolerant living-together (the classroom is a place with little support and loyalty and lots of respect for rules, and tolerance), comradely/intolerant/relationally accomplice living-together (the classroom is a place with little respect for rules, tolerance and loyalty, but with good peer support), passive/individualist/hostile living-together (students showed a negative vision of what happens in class).
Conclusions:
Our study showed that students have different stiles of “living-together” that affect in different ways student well-being. Moreover, our findings indicate the pivotal role of teachers in creating a classroom environment that promote well-being. Future studies could include samples of older children (mean age 18 years) to verify if there are groups with the same stiles of living-together in class for different students’ age of high school
Job search behavior, networking, and outcomes among employed and unemployed Italian new graduate nurses
No full text[Counterproductive behaviors and moral disengagement of nurses as potential consequences of stress-related work: validity and reliability of measurement scales],I comportamenti controproduttivi e il disimpegno morale degli infermieri quali possibili conseguenze dello stress lavoro correlate: validit{\`a} e affidabilit{\`a} delle relative scale di misura
No full text«Counterproductive behaviors and moral disengagement of nurses as potential consequences of stress-related
work: validity and reliability of measurement scales». Background: Several studies, but no one in the nursing,
have shown that work stress can facilitate the adoption of specific behaviors that the literature identifies as Counterproductive
Work Behaviors (CWB). Individuals, however, not giving up to their moral principles, may transgress
social, organizational, moral and ethical norms, through the adoption of moral disengagement (MD). Objectives:
The purpose of this study is to validate two specific scales of deviant behaviors and MD in nursing: the
Nursing Counterproductive Work Behaviours Scale (Nursing CWBS) and Nursing Moral Disengagement Scale
(Nursing MDS). Method: 460 nurses participated in the study. After the adaptation of the Counterproductive
Work Behavior Checklist by Spector and Fox to Nursing context (Nursing CWBS) and the ex novo development
of the Nursing MDS, the psychometric properties of the two scales were tested. Also, the two scales were correlated.
Results: Through a cross-validation approach and based on the results of exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and
confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), we have shown that the scales have good psychometric properties. Furthermore,
the results, attest that the nurse with high levels of MD implements more CWB in the workplace. Conclusions:
The Nursing CWBS and Nursing MDS represent a valid starting point for the study of such phenomena
in this specific context where stress among nursing staff is sometimes of considerable extent, especially in specific
contexts of clinical care
Leadership e comportamenti controproduttivi e di cittadinanza: il ruolo di mediazione delle emozioni
Full text linkGli infermieri e il “Comportamento di Cittadinanza Organizzativa”: contributo alla validazione italiana della scala di Podsakoff et al
Full text linkThe ethical leadership of the nursing ward managers as a key determinant of nurses' organisational behaviours in the healthcare settings
No full textAim: The main aim of this study is to examine the influence of the coordinator's ethical leadership on nurses' emotions (i.e., positive and negative) and work behaviours.
Method: A questionnaire was administered in paper format, including well-validated scales reported in literature, to a sample of 347 nurses working in a university hospital. A structural equation model has been tested after examining Pearson's correlations among study variables.
Results: The coordinator's ethical leadership is strongly related to the implementation of nurses' organisational citizenship behaviour and counterproductive work behaviour, which are influenced by their emotions. Positive emotions fully mediate the relationship between ethical leadership and organisational citizenship behaviour, while negative emotions partially mediate the relationship between ethical leadership and counterproductive work behaviour.
Conclusions: Ethical leadership acts on nurses' organisational behaviour, as described in the modelling process. The nurses' organisational behaviour is crucial to the outcome of the health care service. Therefore, the ethical leadership indirectly affects the quality of the care and the cure offered to the patients
Nurses and Organizational Citizenship Behavior: contribution to the Italian validation of the Podsakoff et al. scale
No full textBackground: Workers engaging in Organizational Citizenship Behaviour (OCB) can benefit colleagues, organization and stakeholders. Such behavior is vital to the efficacy of health care organizations as they can have a positive effect on the quality of care and users' satisfaction. Therefore, it is important to assess such behaviour with a valid and reliable instrument.
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to test, from a confirmatory perspective, the dimensionality of the Italian version of the Podsakoff et al. OCB scale in a large sample of nurses, and at the same time to evaluate the differences in nurses' OCB considering socio-demographic and job characteristics.
Methods: The study included 886 nurses from different health organizations in Italy. The psychometric characteristics of the Italian OCB scale were tested through confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The differences in nurses' OCB, according to several socio-demographic and job characteristics, were evaluated through a series of correlations and analysis of variance.
Results: The CFA of the Italian OCB scale confirmed the hypothesized factor structure, consisting of three dimensions: altruism, civic virtue and conscientiousness. Nurses' gender and professional training were positively correlated with OCB, while the amount of extra work was negatively correlated. In regard to clinical work settings, palliative care nurses engaged in OCB more than nurses working in other areas.
Conclusions: The Italian OCB scale is a valid and reliable instrument. Its use can support all individuals involved in the promotion of workers' organizational well-being in implementing processes aimed at fostering nurses' OCB
The Role of Professional Competency in Influencing Job Satisfaction and Organizational Citizenship Behavior among Palliative Care Nurses
No full textIt is crucial that palliative care nurses feel competent to practice their profession in accordance with ethical principles, to personalize care, to remain sensitive, to ensure respect, and to communicate effectively. The aim of this study was to verify that higher levels of perceived professional competency predict better individual and organizational outcomes, such as job satisfaction and organizational citizenship behavior. An online cross-sectional survey was conducted with 107 Italian palliative care nurses. Structural equation modeling technique was used for data analysis. The model fitted the data well. Professional competency was positively associated with both job satisfaction (β = 0.39) and organizational citizenship behavior (β = 0.53). The more confidence palliative care nurses have in their professional competency, the more they are satisfied with their job and engage in organizational citizenship behavior. Fostering professional competency in palliative nursing can help not only patients and their families but also the nurses themselves, the organization, and their coworkers
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