Organisational Covid-19 Safety Measures and Psychological Ownership as Predictors of Organisational Attachment Among Nigerian Nurses, Post- Covid-19 Period

Abstract

The study investigated the organizational covid-19 safety measures and psychological ownership as predictors of organizational attachment among Nigerian nurses, post- covid-19 period. Hospitals that participated in the geographical areas were first clustered, and random selection was done to choose specific hospitals for the study. 471 participants were selected using convenience sampling from 24 hospitals in Anambra state, Nigeria. 216 (45.9%) nurses participated from the public hospitals and 255 (54.1%) from the private hospitals. The organisational attachment scale (OAS), covid-19 safety survey, and the psychological ownership questionnaire (POQ) assisted in the data collection. Ex-post facto and correlational research design and the moderated multiple regression analysis were adopted as the design and statistics respectively. Organisational attachment has two levels of anxiety and avoidance. Results revealed that covid-19 safety measures showed a significant negative relationship with organisational attachment (anxiety), while organisational covid-19 safety measures showed a non-significant relationship with attachment (avoidance). Psychological ownership revealed significant positive relationship with organisational attachment (for both anxiety and avoidance). No significant moderation was found of covid-19 safety measures and psychological ownership on organizational attachment (both for anxiety and avoidance). Employers to expand the implementation of organizational covid-19 safety measures and psychological ownership within the context of employee’s display of certain cognitive and behavioral tendencies in the workplace.