The Influential Factors Related to Organizational Citizenship Behavior of Nurses: With Focus on Authentic Leadership and Organizational Justice

Purpose: This study was done to determine the influential factors related to organizational citizenship behavior of nurses with a focus on authentic leadership and organizational justice. Methods: The study participants were 186 nurses who work at K University Hospitals in Seoul and Gyeonggi province. Data were collected in September and October, 2013. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection and data were analyzed using the SPSS/Window program. Results: The factor most influential for organizational citizenship behavior was authentic leadership (β=.371, p<.001), followed by organizational justice (β=.221, p=.005), and marital status (β=.142, p=.023). These factors accounted for 30.7 % of the variance in organizational citizenship behavior. Conclusion: In order to enhance organizational citizenship behavior of nurses, strategies for human resource management, which im-prove the perception of head nurses ' authentic leadership and organizational justice, are required