Role Conflict and its relation to Organizational Silence Behavior among Nurses

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1 lecturer of nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Minia University

2 Assistant professor of nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Minia University

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Background: Role conflict contributes to the stressful aspects of the working position and has an impact on judgments of job performance. Employee performance is impacted by unclear positions and incompatible duties, which also have an impact on silence inside the organization. Aim of this research: To investigate role conflict and it’s relation to organizational silence behavior among nurses. Research design: A descriptive correlation design utilized in this research. Setting: This research conducted at Minia University Hospital. Sample: A convenience sample with total number (no= 205) nurse. Tools of data collection: Two tools as follow, the first tool was Role Conflict Questionnaire and the second tool was Organizational Silence behavior Scale. Results: showed that (44.9%) of nurses had high level of role conflict and (34.6%) of them had moderate level of role conflict, while (20.5%) of them had low level of role conflict, also(46.8%) of nurses had high level of organizational silence behavior, (32%) of them had moderate level of organizational silence behavior, while (21%) of them had low level of organizational silence behavior. Conclusion: There was strong positive statistical relation between role conflict and organizational silence behavior among nurses. Recommendations:  Organize regular meetings with staff nurses and hospital managers to talk about issues at work and come up with solutions.

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