Abstract:

The aim of this study is to determine/analyze the relationships between the organizational commitment and the organizational silence of the midwives working in the city center of the city of Aydin. The study took place in the city center of Aydin between January 2020 and July 2020 using analytical-prevalence methods and the participants were 221 midwives who were working in total of 3 hospitals and 33 primary health clinics. Data was collected via Introductory Information Form, The Organizational Commitment Inventory and The Causes of Organizational Silence questionnaire. The data were analysed with SPSS version 25.0 in descriptive and statistical ways. Descriptive statistics, Pearson chi-square test, Mann Whitney U-test, Kruskal-Wallis test were used to analyze the data. The median for the organizational commitment inventory results calculated as 123,82±30,15 points which gave us an average result. The results for the reasons of the organizational silence questionnaire averages at 87,51±31,06 which also shows us that it is an average score. It was determined that there was no relationship between the total score averages of the midwives' organizational commitment scale and the total score averages of the questionnaire for the reasons for organizational silence (p>0.05), but there was a weak positive correlation between some sub-dimensions of these scales (p<0.05). As a result, it was found that the organizational commitment of the midwives participating in the research and some of the organizational silence reasons they had were moderate. It was determined that there was a weak relationship between the organizational commitment of midwives and the sub-dimensions of reasons for organizational silence. It was recommended to support midwives in order to increase the level of organizational commitment and to eliminate the reasons for organizational silence.

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