The relationship between organizational trust and nurse administrators' productivity in hospitals.
BACKGROUND
Management of health care organizations based on employee's mutual trust will increase the improvement in functions and tasks.


OBJECTIVE
The present study was performed to investigate the relationship between organizational trust and the nurse administrators' productivity in educational health centers of in Health-Education Centers of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences.


METHODS
This research was a descriptive and correlational study.


METHODS
The population included all nurse administrators. In this research, 165 nurses were selected through random sampling method. Data collection instruments were organizational trust questionnaire based on Robbins's model and productivity questionnaire based on Hersy and Blanchard's model. Validity of these questionnaires was determined through content validity and their reliability was calculated through Cranach's alpha. Statistical analysis was used: The data analysis was done using the SPSS (18) statistical software.


RESULTS
The indicators of organizational trust such as loyalty, competence, honesty, and stability were more than average level but explicitness indicator was at average level. The components of productivity such as ability, job knowledge, environmental compatibility, performance feedback, and validity were more than average level but motivation factor was at average level and organizational support was less than average level. There were a significant multiple correlations between organizational trust and productivity. Beta coefficients among organizational trust and productivity were significant and no autocorrelation existed and regression model was significant.


CONCLUSIONS
Committed employees, timely performing the tasks and developing the sense of responsibility among employees can enhance production and productivity in the health care organizations.
Department of Educational Administration, Health Management and Economic Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Susan
S
Bahrami
Marzieh
M
Hasanpour
Saeed
S
Rajaeepour
Taghi
T
Aghahosseni
Nilofar
N
Hodhodineghad
Hospitals; nurse administrators; trust