THE RELATIONSHIP OF ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE WITH PROFESSIONAL COMMITMENT AND RESILIENCE OF NURSES WORKING IN MEDICAL-EDUCATIONAL CENTERS OF HAMEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES IN 2020-2021

Resilience of the nurses in stressful work environments may have positive organizational effects. According to studies, employees' perception of organizational justice affects their professional commitment and resilience. This study aimed to investigate the relationship of organizational justice with professional commitment and resilience of nurses working in Medical-Educational Centers of Hamedan University of Medical Sciences in 2020-2021.

This descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 260 nurses working in in Medical-Educational Centers of Hamedan University of Medical Sciences. Sampling was done by stratified random sampling method. The research was performed using a demographic questionnaire, Niehoff and Morman Organizational Justice Questionnaire, Jafaraghaei Professional Commitment Questionnaire, and Connor and Davidson Resilience Questionnaire. Data was analyzed in SPSS v24 software using Pearson correlation and regression tests.

Perceived organizational justice was at an average level (2.94 ± 0.78), professional commitment was at a high level (2.80 ± 0.64), and resilience was at an average level (2.65 ± 0.61).Results showed that there was a statistically significant relationship between organizational justice and professional commitment (P=0.013, r=0.154) and professional commitment and resilience (P<0.001, r=0.607), but organizational justice and resilience (P=0.616, r=0.031) were not significantly related. Organizational justice and professional commitment together explain 0.379 of the variance of resilience.

Nurses' perception of organizational justice can increase their professional commitment, and higher professional commitment can increase their level of resilience. Therefore, hospital managers and administrators can increase the level of resilience in nurses by planning to improve the level of organizational justice and professional commitment of nurses.