Analysis of the Structural Relationship between the Organizational Trust with the Self-Efficiency and Professional Ethics among Nurses

Improvement of the organizational trust has a special importance at workplace which can affect the attitude of the employees. Thus, the present study was conducted to examine the effect of organizational trust on the self-efficacy and professional ethics levels among nurses in public hospitals of Tehran, Iran.

This cross-sectional analytical study was carried out on 372 nurses of the public hospital in Tehran city, Iran. Cluster sampling method was used to sampling. Data collection was done using of 3 standard questionaries including: organizational trust (Ronald & Lawrence); professional ethics (Schwartz); and self-efficacy (Michael). The validity and reliability of the questionnaires were confirmed based on the opinions of 35 experts. Data analysis was performed by correlational and regression analyses and structural equation modeling approach using SPSSS version 22 LISREL version 8/5 software’s, respectively.

The results of correlation coefficients between organizational trust and self-efficacy (r = 0.852), organizational trust and professional ethics (r = 0.846) and self-efficacy and professional ethics (r = 0.861) showed a strong positive significant relationship. The results of regression analysis also indicated that both the self-efficacy and professional ethics are highly influenced by organizational trust levels. Furthermore, the beta coefficients in the structural portion of the model revealed that the paths were significant and in the expected direction (ps < 0.01).

According to the research results, organizational trust is a potential factor strongly can affect the behavior of nurses at workplace. Based on the findings, both self-efficacy and professional ethics are influenced by organizational trust, thus improvement of workplace climate could be achieved by enhancing organizational trust and commitment.