Factor Structure of Japanese Nurses "Organizational Citizenship Behavior"

Abstract

【Purpose】 The objective of the present study was to demonstrate the factor structur of organizational citizenship behavior (OCBs) among nurses working in clinical settings in Japan through the develop-ment of the independently created Japanese Nurses Version of the OCB Scale.

【Methods】 The first survey was episode abstraction, in which we drafted the questionnaire. The second survey was a pretest, in which we examined content validity. The third survey was a prelimi-nary survey, in which we refined the question items. The fourth survey was the actual survey, in which we made final decisions on items to adopt in the questionnaire.

【Results】 In the first survey, based on the results of an analysis of the responses obtained from 56 nurses regarding, we created a questionnaire consisting 97 items. Based on this questionnaire, we then administered the second survey to 73 individuals and narrowed down the questionnaire to 76 question items. In the third survey, based on the results of a factor analysis of data obtained from 412 individu-als, we created a scale composed of 54 items and four subscales. In the fourth survey, the results of a factor analysis of data obtained from 521 nurses demonstrated that the OCBs among the nurses in Japan are composed of 37 items on the following three subscales.

【Conclusion】 The present study dem onstrates that the factor structure of the OCBs among the nurses in Japan comprise behaviors pertaining to three factors, namely professional cooperativeness, organiza-tional reform behaviors, and mutual respect behaviors.