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Makale Özeti:
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The purpose of this study is to develop a scale that aims at revealing and measuring the reasons for the silence of nurses regarding the improvements and faults in the workplaces. The data was obtained via two field research and two focus group discussion. Through field research conducted among 117 nurses and 2-focus group discussion 38 reasons for remaining silent have been obtained. The scale developed during the 2nd field research was conducted among 265 nurses. As a result of the researches, a scale including 5 dimensions and 26 items has been developed. The dimensions are as follows: “lack of confidence in senior management”, “fear of the senior management’s reaction”, “getting along with co-workers”, “tendency towards prosocial behavior” and “meek personality”. While the explained variance of the scale is 67%, the reliability of the whole scale is 0.93, and the reliability of each dimension is over (above) 0.85 except the meek personality dimension (0.67). The validity of the scale “has been verified statistically. Besides, the statistical relations –that are in accordance with the literature- regarding the determined criteria (the perceived organizational support, job satisfaction and the intention to quit the job) have been identified. In this sense, the scale developed particularly for nurse sample will contribute significantly to academic researchers and researches.
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