Journal Article

Nurses' Perceptions of the Organizational Personification of Supervisors, Organizational Dehumanization, and Their Relation to Job Attraction in Saudi Arabia 2024

Jafar Ahmed S Altayari, Aesha Musri Mari Alsulami, Asmahan Ahmad Abdullah Almowallad, Abeer An Almowalled, Ghada Mohammad Abdulaziz bukhari, Alharthi, Yahya Abdulaziz, Najwa Saleem N Albishri, Mohammed Awad Faris Al-Shahri, Asma Awadallah Saeed Almuwallad, Mahbub Muslih Albishri

2024

Overview

Background: Organizational dehumanization has detrimental consequences for nurses’ wellbeing and leads to a stressful work environment. Moreover, it is very destructive to work engagement. The intensity of the relationship between nurses and their supervisors affects how much they feel a sense of belonging to their profession and how unlikely they are to make plans to resign. Furthermore, it is probable that dehumanizing experiences within healthcare institutions are currently a common issue. This issue has an impact on hiring nurses. The study aimed: To assess nurses' perceptions of the organizational personification of supervisors, organizational dehumanization, and their relation to job attraction in Saudi Arabia. Methods: A descriptive correlation research design was utilized. A convenience sample composed of 277 nurses. The study was applied at Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Three tools were used, first tool consisted of two parts, part one was personal data sheet, the part two was supervisor’s organizational personification scale; also the second tool was organizational dehumanization scale and the third tool was job attraction scale. Results: Reveals that less fifty percent of nurses have high level of perception about supervisor’s organizational personification, above half of nurses have high moderates level of perception about organizational dehumanization, and above one-third of nurses have high level of perception about total of job attraction. Conclusion: There was positive relation between nurse’s perception about supervisor’s organizational personification and their perception about job attraction and there was negative relation between nurse’s perception about organizational dehumanization and their perception about job attraction. The most effective methods to reduce nurses' sense of dehumanization include team-building exercises, conferences, and workshops that promote active involvement from management at all levels.

• Publisher: Nicholson School of Communication and Media at the University of Central Florida
• Subject: Dehumanization / Nurses / Perceptions / Supervisors