Workload Tolerance Affects Organizational Citizenship Behaviors: Exploring Association

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 lecturer of nursing administration. faculty of nursing.Assiut university

2 Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing Assiut University, Egypt

3 Assistant Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt

DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2021.398043

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.

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