1lecturer of nursing administration. faculty of nursing.Assiut university
2Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing Assiut University, Egypt
3Assistant Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt
Abstract
Background: Employees with more control over their tasks can handle workload better when having organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs). Aim: Explore the association between workload tolerance and OCBs. Study design: cross-sectional descriptive correlational design. Setting: Faculty of Nursing & TechnicalNursing Instituteat Assiut University. Subjects: Assistant teaching staff (no=69) and nursing educators (no=30). Tools: I- CarMen-Q Mental workload questionnaireII- organizational citizenship behaviors scale. Results: the highest percentage of study subjects had high level of workload tolerance and OCBs (82.8%, and 85.9%), respectivelyatTechnicalNursing Institute, also the highest percentage ofstudy subjects has high workload tolerance and OCBs at Faculty of Nursing Assiut University (89.9%, and 91.1%) respectively. Conclusion: There are positive correlations with statistically significant relation between workload tolerance and OCBs.Recommendations: Conduct further research, across broader educational settings and with larger, more diverse samples is recommended to generalize findings and guide policy-making. And Promote strategies to enhance workload tolerance.