The relationship between nurses'psychological empowerment and attitudes towards their productivity

The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between nurses' psychological empowerment and their attitudes towards productivity. The research was conducted with 334 nurses working in a public hospital serving in Yüreğir district of Adana province. The Spreitzer Psychological Empowerment Scale and the Attitudes Toward Effectiveness in Nursing Scale were administered to the nurses. Data; Mean, standard deviation, median, Kruskal Wallis test, Mann-Whitney U test and Mann Whitney U test with Bonferroni correction were analyzed in computer environment. As a result of the analysis applied to 334 people with the G-Power-3.1.9.2 program, the sample power of the study was found to be α=0.05, the effect size was 0.146, and the power was found to be α=. 0.05. The post-hoc calculated rate of the study was calculated as 0.76. The average score that nurses received from the Psychological Empowerment Scale was 54.11±13.68, the average score they received from the Competence Dimension, one of the sub-dimensions of the scale, was 15.57±3.94, and the average score that nurses received was 15.57. ±3.94. The score obtained from "Effect Size" is 9.95±4.40. The average score nurses received from the Attitudes Towards Productivity Scale was 43.46±16.65, the average score they received from the "Commitment to the Profession" sub-dimension of the scale was 73.83±4.76, and the average score they received was 73.83± 4.76. From the "Reward" sub-dimension, it was found to be 24.70±3.03. It was determined that there was a weak positive relationship between nurses' psychological empowerment scores and their attitudes towards productivity.