Authors: 1Mirrah Nur Adillah | 2Indahwaty Sidin | 3Hasnawati Amqam
1,2Magister of Hospital Administration Program, Hasanuddin University
3Magister of Environmental Health, Hasanuddin University
Email: mirrahnuradillah@gmail.com | idhsidin@unhas.ac.id | hasnawati.amqam@unhas.ac.id
Abstract
Psychological capital is most important factor to influence the organizational citizenship behavior of nurses in Hasanuddin University Hospital Makassar. Psychological capital is an individual’s positive psychological state of development and is characterized by having self-efficacy, optimism, hope, and resiliency. Although OCB is not critical to the task or job, it serves to facilitate the organizational functioning. Psychological Capital (PsyCap) is one of the vital internal factors in regards to the Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) emerging. Psychological Capital (PsyCap) is measured with Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ) (2007), while organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) is measured by using Organizational Citizenship Behavior by Organ (1988). This study aims to determine the impact psychological capital on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) towards male and female nurses in teaching hospitals. The total sample in this study were 207 nurses respondent. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation test. The results showed that there was a significant effect on psychological capital on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) towards female nurses (p = 0.000) <α 0.05 with the influence of 0.322 in the category of medium correlation, while there was no significant effect on psychological capital on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) towards male nurses (p = 0.669) >α 0.05 with influence 0.073 in the category of weak correlation. It was concluded that psychological capital has an effect on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) towards female nurses.
Keywords: Psychological Capital, Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB), Nurses, Hospital
