THE RELATIONSHIP OF MORAL REASONING AND PERCEIVED AUTONOMY AT WORK TO ETHICAL JUDGMENT AMONG FEMALE REGISTERED NURSES.
Contributors: New York University.
Published: 1984
Number of pages: 99
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which moral reasoning and perception of autonomy contributed to explaining ethical judgment when intelligence was controlled. The hypotheses examined were: (1) There is a positive relationship between moral reasoning and ethical judgment when intelligence is controlled among female registered staff nurses. (2) Perception of autonomy adds to the prediction of ethical judgment when intelligence is controlled among female registered staff nurses.

Results from hierarchical multiple regression analysis determined that the first hypothesis was not supported. Moral reasoning was not significantly related to ethical judgment. The second hypothesis was supported, however, indicating that nurses who perceived themselves as having autonomy at work believed nurses in dilemmas would make ethical discussions at work.

Additional data analyses revealed that moral reasoning correlated positively and significantly with intelligence. Ethical judgment was noted to be a behavioral concept, rather than cognitive, since it was not related to moral reasoning or intelligence and it was affected by the nurse's perception of autonomy on the job.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-03, Section: B, page: 0792.

Thesis (PH.D.)--NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, 1984.

School code: 0146.