The Effect of Moral Intelligence on Hospital Risk Management and Job Satisfaction (Case Study: Tabriz Hospitals)
akhlāq-i pizishkī i.e., Medical Ethics,
Vol. 14 No. 45 (1399),
30 Farvardin 2020
,
Page 1-15
https://doi.org/10.22037/mej.v14i45.29495
Abstract
Background and Aim: The quality of moral growth is a dimension of the individuals’ evolution that is formed from childhood until adulthood besides the other dimensions. Moral intelligence is the ability to differentiate right from wrong. A morally intelligent person has strong moral beliefs and the ability to act based on these beliefs with respectful behavior. Regarding the work stress in hospitals, the employees have different moral functions in their behavior with others. However, this issue has not been studied enough despite the importance of the relationship between moral intelligence and risk management. So, the present research aims to investigate the effect of moral intelligence on hospital risk management and job satisfaction in hospital personnel in Tabriz. It is assumed that moral intelligence can decrease hospital risks.
Materials and Methods: This research is a cross-sectional descriptive correlation study. The population includes all the university personnel in Tabriz in 2018 (about 700 people). Based on Morgan’s table, 250 people were selected by random sampling. The research data were collected by three questionnaires, including the moral intelligence questionnaire (Badie et al., 2010), job satisfaction questionnaire (Kendall & Hulin, 1969), and risk management questionnaire (Zaboli, 2009). The collected data were analyzed by structural equation modeling in SPSS 21 and LISREL.
Findings: The findings suggested that there is a positive relationship between moral intelligence and hospital risk management with the mediating role of job satisfaction and between moral intelligence and job satisfaction with the mediating role of hospital risk management. Since the T value is more than 1.96, the hypothesis is significant at the confidence level of 0.95. The P-value also approves this conclusion (P-value ˂ 0.05). The value of the path coefficient is more than 0.6. So, it suggests a strong pair-wise relationship between the mentioned variables. Therefore, the hypothesis is significant and there is a positive relationship between the variables.
Ethical Considerations: All the participants signed the informed consent letters before starting the research.
Conclusion: It is concluded that moral intelligence in hospital personnel can increase their satisfaction and promote efficient risk management in the hospital. As a result, moral intelligence should be paid attention to improve risk management and job satisfaction.
Cite this article as: Rahimi Kolour H, Kazemzadeh R, Najafipoor Tabestanag A. The Effect of Moral Intelligence on Hospital Risk Management and Job Satisfaction (Case Study: Tabriz Hospitals). Faṣlnāmah-i akhlāq-i pizishkī i.e., Quarterly Journal of Medical Ethics. 2020; 14(45): e16.
- Moral Intelligence; Risk Management; Job Satisfaction
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