The relationship between ethical climate and nursing service behavior in public and private hospitals: a cross-sectional study in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Workplace climate is a great significant element that has an impact on nurses' behavior and practice; moreover, nurses' service behavior contributes to the patients' satisfaction and subsequently to the long-term success of hospitals. Few studies explore how different types of organizational ethical climate encourage nurses to engage in both in-role and extra-role service behaviors, especially in comparing the influencing process between public and private hospitals. This study aimed to compare the relationship between the five types of ethical climate and nurses' in-role and extra-role service behaviors in public and private hospitals.

Methods

This study conducted a cross-sectional survey on 559 nurses from China in May 2019. The questionnaire was distributed to

SUBMITTER: Zhang N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8339387 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature