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Organizational Justice and the Shortage of Nurses in Medical & Educational Hospitals, in Urmia-2014

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  • Heidar Sharifi Fathabad
  • Abbas Yazdanpanah
  • Somayeh Hessam
  • Elham Ehsani Chimeh
  • Siamak Aghlmand

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OBJECTIVE- One of the most important reasons of turnover is perceptions of organizational justice. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of perceived organizational justice and its components on turnover intentions of nurses in hospitals of Urmia University of Medical Sciences. METHODS- This cross-sectional study was among nurses. 310 samples were estimated according to Morgan Table. Two valid and reliable questionnaires of turnover and organizational justice were used. Data analysis was performed using the software SPSS20. Using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, the normality and relationship between variables with Pearson and Spearman correlation test were analyzed. RESULTS- Most people were married and aged between 26 and 35 years, BA and were hired with contraction. The mean score of organizational justice variable was 2.59. The highest average was the interactional justice variable (2.81) and then Procedural fairness variable (2.75) and distributive justices (2.03) were, respectively. The mean range of turnover variable was 3.10. The results showed weak and negative relationship between various dimensions of organizational justice and turnover in nurses. CONCLUSION- Organizational justice and turnover had inverse relationship with each other. Therefore how much organizational justice in the organization is more; employees tend to stay more. Finally, suggestions for improvement of justice proposed.

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  • Heidar Sharifi Fathabad & Abbas Yazdanpanah & Somayeh Hessam & Elham Ehsani Chimeh & Siamak Aghlmand, 2016. "Organizational Justice and the Shortage of Nurses in Medical & Educational Hospitals, in Urmia-2014," Global Journal of Health Science, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 8(2), pages 1-99, February.
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