Background: Ethical leadership has meaningful influence on the attitudes and ethical conduct of nurses and increased sense of perceived organizational support from hospital and decreased engagement in deviant workplace behaviors. Aim of study: Was to assess ethical leadership, deviant workplace behaviors and itʼs relation to perceived organizational support among nurses. Design: A descriptive correlational research design was utilized. Setting: The study was conducted in Critical Care Units at Benha University Hospitals. Sample: Convenient sample of all available nurses (230) nurses with at least three years of experience was included in study. Tools: Three tools were used for data collection. I: Ethical leadership scale, II: Deviant workplace behaviors scale and III: Perceived organizational support questionnaire. Results: More than half (52.6) of nurses had moderate ethical leadership perception level, the majority of nurses (89.6%) had negative prevalence of deviant workplace behaviors perception level and more than half (55.7%) of nurse were had moderate perceived organizational support level. Conclusion: There was a negative statistically significant correlation between ethical leadership perception level and deviant workplace behaviors perception level and between deviant workplace behaviors perception level and perceived organizational support level. Additionally, there was a positive statistically significant correlation between ethical leadership perception level and perceived organizational support level. Recommendation: Put hospital management system for rewarding and supporting nurses who behave ethically and serving as ethical role models by providing different kinds of bonuses and incentives, create hospital management strategies that promote supportive work environment and reduce workplace deviance behaviors such as rewards, flexible work schedules, fair pay and benefits, safe working conditions, and training. Provides hospital management promotion and fairness system through distributing resources for nurses equally.
Hesham Sakr, Y., Ibrahim Mahmoud, S., & Morsi EL-Shahat, M. (2022). Ethical Leadership, Deviant Workplace Behaviors and itʼs relation to Perceived Organizational Support among Nurses. Journal of Nursing Science Benha University, 3(2), 1024-1035. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2022.248704
MLA
Yasmin Hesham Sakr; Salwa Ibrahim Mahmoud; Mahdia Morsi EL-Shahat. "Ethical Leadership, Deviant Workplace Behaviors and itʼs relation to Perceived Organizational Support among Nurses". Journal of Nursing Science Benha University, 3, 2, 2022, 1024-1035. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2022.248704
HARVARD
Hesham Sakr, Y., Ibrahim Mahmoud, S., Morsi EL-Shahat, M. (2022). 'Ethical Leadership, Deviant Workplace Behaviors and itʼs relation to Perceived Organizational Support among Nurses', Journal of Nursing Science Benha University, 3(2), pp. 1024-1035. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2022.248704
VANCOUVER
Hesham Sakr, Y., Ibrahim Mahmoud, S., Morsi EL-Shahat, M. Ethical Leadership, Deviant Workplace Behaviors and itʼs relation to Perceived Organizational Support among Nurses. Journal of Nursing Science Benha University, 2022; 3(2): 1024-1035. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2022.248704
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