Correlation between Ethical Behavior and Nurses' Resilience: The Mediating Role of Social Desirability and Organizational Trust
akhlāq-i pizishkī i.e., Medical Ethics,
Vol. 15 No. 46 (1400),
7 June 2021
,
Page 1-17
https://doi.org/10.22037/mej.v15i46.35869
Abstract
Background and Aim: Resilience is one of the required characteristics of nursing professionals. Therefore, it seems necessary to study the nurses' resilience predictors in order to encourage them to engage in behaviors based on accepted ethical norms and attempt to internalize these behaviors so as to establish human relationships in health care systems. Hence, the objective of this study was to investigate the correlation between ethical behavior and nurses' resilience by explaining the mediating role of social desirability and organizational trust.
Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive-correlational study. A sample of 195 nurses in Borujerd teaching hospitals in 2020 was selected based on availability quota sampling method. They responded to the standard scales of moral behavior (Swanson & Hill), resilience (Connor and Davidson), organizational trust (Paine) and social desirability (Marlowe-Crowne). Content validity was measured qualitatively, construct validity was measured through convergent and discriminant validity; the internal consistency reliability was measured through Cronbach's alpha and composite reliability for instruments. Data analysis was performed through Smart Pls 3.5.
Ethical Considerations: In this study, principles related to ethical considerations such as confidentiality of participants' identities, informed consent of research participants and the possibility to leave the research process were observed.
Findings: Ethical behavior has a significant and direct correlation with social desirability (0.51), organizational trust (0.58) and resilience (0.69), respectively. Also, social desirability of 0.62 and organizational trusts of 0.66 have a significant and direct correlation with resilience. The mediating role of social desirability increases the correlation between ethical behavior and nurses' resilience by 0.32. Also, the mediating role of organizational trust increases the correlation between ethical behavior and nurses' resilience by 0.38.
Conclusion: According to the research findings, it is suggested that hospital managers pay attention to the components of ethical behavior and practice them, especially in the nursing department, to influence nurses’ social desirability and organizational trust, leading to the positive enhancement of their resilience.
Cite this article as: Mohsenpour M, Taheri Goodarzi H. Correlation between Ethical Behavior and Nurses' Resilience: The Mediating Role of Social Desirability and Organizational Trust. Faṣlnāmah-i akhlāq-i pizishkī i.e., Quarterly Journal of Medical Ethics. 2021; 15(46): e20.
- Ethical Behavior; Social Desirability; Organizational Trust; Resilience; Nurses
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