Nurses' organizational climate of perceived organizational support and its relationships with psychosocial working conditions and psychological contracts

A longitudinal questionnaire study

Bibliographic Data

ID21391840
AuthorsPernilla Larsman (0000-0002-2654-7042, Department of Psychology University of Gothenburg Gothenburg Sweden, corresponding author), Anders Pousette (0000-0003-2146-9396, Department of Psychology University of Gothenburg Gothenburg Sweden), Marianne Törner (0000-0002-6678-5328, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg Gothenburg Sweden)
Year2024
Volume65
Issue4
Pages683-692
Publication date2024-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueScandinavian Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0036-5564 • E-ISSN: 1467-9450
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/sjop.13017
PMID38482993
OpenAlexW4392810303
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited51

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to investigate the longitudinal relationships between nurses' organizational climate of perceived organizational support (POS-climate) and their psychosocial working conditions and psychological contracts. METHODS: A two-wave longitudinal cohort questionnaire study was carried out among registered nurses employed within six hospitals in two regions in Sweden (n = 711). Two cross-lagged panel models were tested after ensuring scalar factorial invariance of the measurement models. The first model investigated longitudinal relationships between psychosocial working conditions and the POS-climate, while the second model investigated such relationships between the psychological contracts and the POS-climate. RESULTS: The results indicated that influence at work and an ideology-infused psychological contract had positive effects on the nurses' POS-climate. CONCLUSIONS: These results highlight the importance of providing nurses with such influence, and of a shared ideology within the entire health-care organization, centered on the ethical values of the health-care professions

Health care · Longitudinal study · Organisation climate · Organizational commitment · Perceived organizational support · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychological contract · Psychosocial · Applied Psychology · Ethics in medical practice · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Medicine · Nursing education and management · Psychology · Social Psychology