THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERCEIVED ETHICAL LEADERSHIP, ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE, AND TURNOVER INTENTION AMONG GENERAL HOSPITAL NURSES

Abstract

This study aims to was to investigate the relationship between perceived ethical leadership, organizational justice, and turnover intention among nurses. The research was conducted in a general-purpose private hospital in Ankara. The subjects of the study consist of all nurses working in the private hospital, and the sample consisted of 234 nurses who agree to participate in the study voluntarily. After the necessary permissions were obtained, the data were collected with a structured data collection tool based on the factual and behavioral attitude measurement consisting of personal information form, ethical leadership, organizational justice and turnover intention scales. The scores of the nurses' ethical leadership and organizational justice scales were above average, however, the score of turnover intention scale was below the average. While there was a strong linear positive relationship between ethical leadership and organizational justice, there was a linear negative medium level relationship between organizational justice and turnover intention. There was a linear negative and significant relationship between ethical leadership and turnover intention. The study concludes that ethical leadership will increase the perception of justice in the organization and reduce turnover intention amongst nurses.