Hospital Service Climate: Gender Analysis in Nursing Staff
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The hospital’s responsibility to provide excellent service to patients reflects the expectations of the government, society, and hospital management. Efforts to achieve this can be realized by establishing a strong Service Climate within the organization. Service Climate refers to employees’ perceptions of the procedures, actions, and behaviors expected by the organization in relation to customer service and represents an essential factor in improving service performance. This study aims to examine the role of gender in shaping perceptions of service climate in hospitals, referring to the theory of Schneider and White (2004). The research hypothesis stated that there is a difference in perceptions of service climate between male and female nurses. This study employed a quantitative descriptive design with a convenience random sampling technique. The participants consisted of 254 nurses who handled stunting cases in several hospitals across West Java. The service climate instrument comprised 22 items and demonstrated high internal consistency (Cronbach’s Alpha = 0.968). Descriptive results showed a mean score of 70,05 (SD = 8.56), indicating that the overall perception of service climate was in the moderately high category. The independent samples t-test revealed a significant difference between female nurses (M = 70.92, SD = 8.99) and male nurses (M = 68.04, SD = 7.12), t(252) = 2.493, p = 0.013, with a small-to-moderate effect size (Cohen’s d = 0.34). Further dimensional analysis found significant differences in four out of five dimensions. These findings confirm that gender plays a role in shaping perceptions of hospital service climate, although it is not the sole determining factor.
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