title: The relationship between organizational culture and the health and wellbeing of hospital nurses worldwide: a mixed methods systematic review protocol.
abstract: The objective of this mixed methods systematic review is to examine the relationship between organizational culture and the health and wellbeing of hospital nurses, and to develop an aggregated synthesis of quantitative and qualitative systematic reviews to derive recommendations for policy and practice.Organizational culture comprises factors such as leadership, management and support, a health and safety oriented workplace climate and job characteristics.The quantitative component of this review will explore the relationship between organizational culture and the following outcomes in hospital nurses which may be indicators of health and wellbeing: work-related injury such as needlestick or sharp injuries, musculoskeletal injuries and conditions such as low back pain, burnout and general wellbeing.The qualitative component of this review will explore the perceptions of hospital nurses in relation to the impact of organizational culture on their own health and wellbeing and those of their nursing colleagues.
authors.affiliation: 1The Scottish Centre for Evidence-based Multi-professional Practice: a Collaborating Centre of the Joanna Briggs Institute, Robert Gordon University 2School of Health Sciences, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK 3East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, Canterbury, England, UK.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Whitcombe
authors.forename: Kay
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Palmer
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002055:Burnout, Professional; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D015279:Organizational Culture; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D000078202:Systematic Reviews as Topic; D017132:Workplace