Influence of Organizational Climate on Staff Nurses Empowerment at National Liver Institute

Abstract

Organizational climate can therefore be regarded as a key variable in successful organizations and also influence on staff nurses empowerment. Aim: the study aimed at investigating the influence of organizational climate on nurses' empowerment through, assessing organizational climate from staff nurses' point of view, Identifying sources of work empowerment from staff nurses' point of view and finding out the relationship between organizational climate and staff nurses' empowerment. Subjects and methods: Descriptive, correlational design included 93 staff nurses (53 staff nurses in medical department and 40 staff nurses in surgical department). This study was conducted at National liver institute which affiliated to Menoufia University Hospitals. Data were collected by Situational outlook questionnaire (SOQ) for assessing organizational climate and Condition for work effectiveness questionnaire (CWEQ) for assessing staff nurses' empowerment. Results: The study revealed that humor/playfulness [36.4±4.4] was the highest organizational climate dimension as perceived by staff nurses and debate [18.5±3.7] was the last dimension. Also, the study revealed that opportunity to learn and grow [35.2±10.2] was the highest empowering source and resources [18.1±5.7] were the lowest empowering source at National Liver Institute. More than half of staff nurses [52.7%] perceived the organizational climate was stagnated and most of staff nurses [45.2%] had low empowerment level. Conclusion: There was highly statistically significant positive correlation between organizational climate and staff nurses' empowerment. Recommendation: share staff nurses in conferences and training courses and improve the reward system the nurses' gain from their work.