Abstract

This study aims to develop a structure model that explains the causes and effects of the clinical nurses` job stress in terms of its process. Variables and factors in the organization, group and individual level and job characteristics have been selected from literature reviews and the factors have been verified by LISREL8.2(a) program after setting up hypothetical model. The study analyzes as follows. Organizational managerial characteristics (prerequisite variable factor of job stress) directly acts on group coherence in significant positive effect, nursing job characteristics directly acts group coherence in significant negative effect, and group coherence again acts directly job stress in significant negative effect. However the hypothesis that organizational managerial characteristics and job characteristics taking group coherence as a mediator affect the job stress, was not significant. On the other hand, it is indicated that job stress acts directly organizational effectiveness in significant negative effect, but indirect effects affecting organizational effectiveness that group coherence was gone through job stress, is not significant.