Özet:

The productivity and ethical behaviors of employees in the healthcare sector are fundamental to the quality of patient care and organizational success. The loss of productivity observed in employees with low job satisfaction, frequent absenteeism and even leaving the organization, creates effects at both individual and institutional levels. Time banditry, recently discussed in the organizational behavior literature, is characterized as unethical and undesirable behaviors that affect employee productivity. In this context, this study, which examines the relationship between job satisfaction levels, organizational identification and time banditry behaviors of employees in the healthcare sector in Turkey, reveals the critical dynamics of ethics and efficiency in the sector. The universe of the research consists of 1,420,000 individuals according to the 2023 data from the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Turkey. Data were collected through surveys from 303 healthcare sector employees accessed via convenience sampling method. While high job satisfaction and organizational identification levels were identified among participants, the tendency towards time banditry was observed to be relatively low. An increase in job satisfaction tends to reduce time banditry behavior. It has been determined that organizational identification has a decisive effect, especially on traditional time banditry. Gender-based analyses have shown that women exhibit less time banditry behavior compared to men. These findings offer strategic information for the management of ethical behavior and employee motivation in the healthcare sector. Managers are advised to focus on increasing job satisfaction and promoting organizational commitment. These results provide an in-depth contribution to the literature on organizational ethics and performance.

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