Relationship between organizational justice and citizenship behavior as perceived by staff nurses at a selected hospital

Background Organizational justice is a managerial practice that may create a positive and more effective citizenship behavior among staff nurses. Staff nurses perceive fairness from their managers and have more satisfaction, motivation, and desire to achieve extra work. Aim To examine the relationship between organizational justice and citizenship behavior as staff nurses perceive. Design A descriptive correlational research design was utilized to carry out this study. Sample A convenience sample (281) of staff nurses. Setting The study conducted in all units at New Kasr Einy Teaching Hospital except operating rooms. Tools Two adopted questionnaires were used. The first questionnaire was the organizational justice questionnaire. The second questionnaire was the organizational citizenship behavior questionnaire. Results Finding of the current research reported that the highest mean percentages (85.5 and 71.3%) were given to interactional justice and informational justice dimensions, while the lowest mean percentages (38.4 and 36.1%) were given for procedural justice and distributive justice. Also, as regards citizenship behaviors dimensions, the highest mean percentages (89.4, 90.7, and 87.0%, respectively) were given to the dimensions of altruism, courtesy, and conscientiousness, while the lowest mean percentages (67.8 and 61.6%) were given to sportsmanship and civic virtue dimension and there was no statistical correlation between organizational justice and organizational citizenship behavior ( P =0.73). Conclusion The present study results concluded that there was no statistically significant relation between organizational justice and citizenship behavior. Recommendations Hospital administrators should ensure nurse managers adhere to rules and regulations to achieve justice. Nurse managers should conduct periodical meetings with staff nurses to discuss and solve work problems considering staff nurses’ concerns and interests.