EVALUATING ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL LEVELS OF NURSES

ÖZKOL KILINÇ K., Caylak Altun E., ÖZTÜRK H.

JOURNAL OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR RESEARCH, cilt.3, sa.2, ss.13-26, 2018 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 3 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR RESEARCH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.13-26
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study was conducted to assess psychological capital levels of nurses. This descriptive study was carried out with 192 nurses working in a university hospital. The data were collected using Information Form and Psychological Capital Questionnaire PCQ) and assessed in SPSS 18 program. The nurses obtained a mean total score of 4.24 +/- 0.55 from PCQ. Additionally, total scores of nurses who were female, worked in nurse-position and were satisfied with working in the hospital and this profession were higher; which was statistically significant. Also, "psychological resilience" was higher in female nurses and scores of "hope" subscale were higher in female and married nurses for hope subscale; whereas, self-efficacy scores were higher in nurses who had longer professional and service experiences, and were working at the operating room (p<0.05). Nurses and especially female nurses had high psychological capital levels.