THE EFFECT OF THE PERCEPTION OF ORGANIZATIONAL CRONYISM ON NURSES' WORK ALIENATION AND TURNOVER INTENTION: A CROSS-SECTIONAL AND CORRELATIONAL STUDY

Year 2025, Volume: 10 Issue: 3, 274 - 292, 24.10.2025

Işık Atasoy , Serap Altuntaş

https://doi.org/10.33457/ijhsrp.1769510

Abstract

It is known that nurses tend to feel alienated from their work and tend to turnover intention their jobs. However, whether the perception of organizational cronyism affects this situation is not yet clear enough. This study was conducted as a descriptive and correlational study to determine the effect of organizational cronyism perception on alienation from work and turnover intention in nurses. Data were collected using a descriptive information form, organizational cronyism perception scale, work alienation scale and turnover intention scale. The data were analyzed using frequency and percentage distribution, descriptive statistics, correlation, and hierarchical regression analyses. In this study, data were collected between May and July 2023. The sample consists of 250 nurses who were reached online and voluntarily participated, using the convenience sampling method, which is one of the non-probability sampling techniques.
In the study, the mean scores of nurses' perception of organizational cronyism, work alienation and turnover intention scale were found to be at a moderate level; there was a positive and significant (r=0.391, p<0.001) relationship between perception of organizational cronyism and work alienation, at the same time there was a positive and significant (r= 0.425, p< 0.001) relationship between perception of organizational cronyism and turnover intention. In addition, organizational cronyism perception explained 15% of work alienation and 18% of turnover intention. In this study, 45.2% of the nurses were partially satisfied with their institution. Ward nurses who expressed dissatisfaction with their workplace exhibited higher average, Perceived Organizational Cronyism Scale, Work Alienation Scale in Nurses and Turnover Intention Scale scores. Conversely, nurse managers in top management positions who were satisfied with their institution demonstrated lower average scores for Perceived Organizational Cronyism Scale, Work Alienation Scale in Nurses and Turnover Intention Scale.
Cronyism in organizations can undermine employees' trust in the organization and negatively affect their sense of justice. This situation may create a perception that personal relationships, rather than merit, are the determining factor in organizations, which can lead to a decrease in organizational commitment. Due to the limited number of studies that simultaneously examine organizational cronyism, work alienation, and turnover intention in the existing literature, this research is considered to fill an important gap. The control variables are sociodemographic characteristics (gender, age, education status, marital status, work experience, organization worked for, etc.), which were first included in the model, followed by the sequential addition of the Perceived Organizational Cronyism Scale variable.

Keywords

Nurse, , organizational cronyism , turnover intention , work alienation

Ethical Statement

Non-Interventional Research Ethics committee of Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University (Date: 13.04.2023, approval number: 2023/66).

Supporting Institution

Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University

Thanks

The authors would like to thank all participants who contributed to this study.

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