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Background: Building a knowledge sharing culture is necessary for staff nurses to enhance their organizational citizenship behaviors. Aim of study: Was to assess knowledge sharing and its relation to organizational citizenship behaviors as perceived by staff nurses. Research design: A descriptive correlational design was used. Setting: The study was conducted at all critical care units in Benha University Hospital. Subject: A convenience sample consisted of (200) staff nurses who are responsible for providing direct nursing care activities to patients in the above-mentioned study setting and have at least three years of job experience. Tools of data collection: Two tools were used for data collection; first tool: knowledge sharing questionnaire, and the second tool: organizational citizenship behaviors questionnaire. Results: 89.5% of staff nurses had a high perception level of knowledge sharing and 87.0% had high level of organizational citizenship behaviors. Conclusion: There was a highly statistically significant correlation between knowledge sharing and organizational citizenship behaviors. Recommendations: Enhance staff nurses' awareness of knowledge sharing and organizational citizenship behaviors by conducting educational programs, workshops, and conferences to improve outcomes related to patients and the organization.
DOI
10.21608/jnsbu.2022.215296
Keywords
Key words: Knowledge sharing, Organizational citizenship behaviors, Staff nurses
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Nursing Specialist, Technical Institute of Nursing/Benha University, Egypt
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Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing/ Benha University, Egypt
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Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing/ Benha University, Egypt
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Scientific peer reviewed journal
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Journal of Nursing Science Benha University
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https://jnsbu.journals.ekb.eg/
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Knowledge Sharing and its relation to Organizational Citizenship Behaviors as Perceived by Staff Nurses