Research Article

The Relationship between Nurses Nepotism Perceptions and Job Motivation*

Volume: 14 Number: 2 August 30, 2025
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The Relationship between Nurses Nepotism Perceptions and Job Motivation*

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to determine the relationship between nurses’ perceptions of nepotism and their job motivation. Method: The data of this descriptive-relationship-seeking study was collected by the researcher from 266 nurses. The research was conducted in two hospitals, a training and research hospital and a state hospital, located in XXX, between January 2023 and September 2023. Personal Information Form”,” Nepotism Scale” and “Nurse Job Motivation Scale “were used as data collection tools. For this reason, on-parametric statistical methods were used in the study. Relationships between two independent numerical variables were interpreted with Spearman’s Rho Correlation Coefficient. Results: When the findings are examined, the Nepotism Scale scores of the participants in the study are 4.75±1.07. Nurse Job Motivation Scale scores are 61.38±9.58. When the relationships between the two scales are examined, there is a statistically significant low level negative relationship between the Nepotism Scale general scores, Promotion Nepotism, Transactional Nepotism subscale: According to the results of the findings in this study, reducing nepotism in the nursing profession will increase the job motivation of nurses.es scores and Nurse Job Motivation Scales scores. Conclusion: According to the results of the findings in this study, reducing nepotism in the nursing profession will increase the job motivation of nurses.

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Ethical Statement

Ethics committee approval (dated 20.10.2022 and numbered 2022/421) (ANNEX5) was obtained from Düzce University Faculty of Medicine Non-Interventional Health Research Ethics Committee for the implementation of the research. Before data collection began, institutional permissions plus verbal and written consents were obtained from all nurses participating in the study.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Nursing Management

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

August 30, 2025

Submission Date

February 27, 2025

Acceptance Date

June 9, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 14 Number: 2

APA
Sümer, M. A., & Özen Bekar, E. (2025). The Relationship between Nurses Nepotism Perceptions and Job Motivation*. Balıkesir Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi, 14(2), 400-405. https://doi.org/10.53424/balikesirsbd.1646830
AMA
1.Sümer MA, Özen Bekar E. The Relationship between Nurses Nepotism Perceptions and Job Motivation*. BAUN Health Sci J. 2025;14(2):400-405. doi:10.53424/balikesirsbd.1646830
Chicago
Sümer, Mehmet Akif, and Ebru Özen Bekar. 2025. “The Relationship Between Nurses Nepotism Perceptions and Job Motivation*”. Balıkesir Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi 14 (2): 400-405. https://doi.org/10.53424/balikesirsbd.1646830.
EndNote
Sümer MA, Özen Bekar E (August 1, 2025) The Relationship between Nurses Nepotism Perceptions and Job Motivation*. Balıkesir Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi 14 2 400–405.
IEEE
[1]M. A. Sümer and E. Özen Bekar, “The Relationship between Nurses Nepotism Perceptions and Job Motivation*”, BAUN Health Sci J, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 400–405, Aug. 2025, doi: 10.53424/balikesirsbd.1646830.
ISNAD
Sümer, Mehmet Akif - Özen Bekar, Ebru. “The Relationship Between Nurses Nepotism Perceptions and Job Motivation*”. Balıkesir Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi 14/2 (August 1, 2025): 400-405. https://doi.org/10.53424/balikesirsbd.1646830.
JAMA
1.Sümer MA, Özen Bekar E. The Relationship between Nurses Nepotism Perceptions and Job Motivation*. BAUN Health Sci J. 2025;14:400–405.
MLA
Sümer, Mehmet Akif, and Ebru Özen Bekar. “The Relationship Between Nurses Nepotism Perceptions and Job Motivation*”. Balıkesir Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi, vol. 14, no. 2, Aug. 2025, pp. 400-5, doi:10.53424/balikesirsbd.1646830.
Vancouver
1.Mehmet Akif Sümer, Ebru Özen Bekar. The Relationship between Nurses Nepotism Perceptions and Job Motivation*. BAUN Health Sci J. 2025 Aug. 1;14(2):400-5. doi:10.53424/balikesirsbd.1646830

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