The effects of managers' ethical management practices on employees' organizational commitment levels: A study on nurses in Balıkesir province intensive care units

Today, ethical management strategies are gaining importance day by day in every sector. In the health sector, where human health is entrusted, the importance of such a management style becomes even more. Since the establishment of an environment of peace and trust in health institutions ensures that the employees can provide an effective and efficient service, the quality of service automatically rises. Such an environment is possible with the implementation of ethical management strategies by managers. While organizational commitment is constantly increasing depending on the continuity of the created environment of trust and peace, employees in institutions with such an environment adopt corporate citizenship more. The way to ensure success in health institutions is possible by reinforcing the commitment of employees to the institution. In order to provide a quality and qualified intensive care service, it is extremely important to create an ethical working environment for intensive care nurses. Intensive care nurses are constantly confronted with ethical problems because they serve patients in special situations who are extremely sensitive and have high expectations and work in an environment where the margin of error should be zero. The fact that vital decisions are taken in intensive care units is an indication of how difficult and at the same time how important intensive care management is. It should not be ignored that the atmosphere of trust and peace that is created in the institution as a result of the managers' ethical management strategies will have a great effect on the commitment of the nurses serving in a vital unit to the institution.