title: Organisational support, organisational identification and organisational citizenship behaviour among male nurses.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between organisational support, organisational identification, and organisational citizenship behaviour and the predictors of organisational citizenship behaviour in Taiwanese male nurses.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  The turnover rate among male nurses is twice that of female nurses. Organisational citizenship behaviour is the predictor of turnover intention. Little information is available on the relationship between organisational support, organisational identification and organisational citizenship behaviour, particularly for male nurses.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected in 2010 from a questionnaire mailed to 167 male nurses in Taiwan. A cross-sectional survey with simple sampling was used in this study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results showed that organisational identification and organisational support were correlated with organisational citizenship behaviour. Organisational distinctiveness, organisational support of work conditions and the type of organisation were the main predictors of organisational citizenship behaviour. Together they accounted for 40.7% of the total variation in organisational citizenship behaviour. Organisational distinctiveness was the most critical predictor, accounting for 29.6% of the variation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Organisational support and organisational identification have positive relationships with organisational behaviour. Organisational distinctiveness is an important factor in explaining organisational citizenship behaviour in male nurses.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This finding provides concrete directions for managers to follow when providing organisational identification, in particular, the organisational distinctiveness will help male nurses to display increasingly more organisational citizenship behaviour.
authors: Assistant Professor, Department of Service Business Management, Hsin Sheng College of Medicine Care and Management, TaoyuanAssistant Professor, School of Nursing, Chang Gung University, TaoyuanAssociate Professor, Department of Nursing, Meiho University, PingtungAssistant Professor, Department of Service Business Management, Hsin Sheng College of Medicine Care and Management, TaoyuanAssistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Hsin Sheng College of Medical Care and Management, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
authors: Sheng-Hwang
authors: SH
authors: Chen
authors: Hsing-Yi
authors: HY
authors: Yu
authors: Hsiu-Yueh
authors: HY
authors: Hsu
authors: Fang-Chen
authors: FC
authors: Lin
authors: Jiunn-Horng
authors: JH
authors: Lou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009727:Nurses, Male / Q000523:psychology; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010558:Personnel Loyalty; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D013624:Taiwan; D017132:Workplace; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: male nurses; organisational citizenship behaviour; organisational identification; organisational support