INDIVIDUALISM-COLLECTIVISM AS PREDICTOR OF ALTRUISM AND RECIPROCITY AMONG NURSES

 ^aOkonkwo E.A., ^bEze A.C., ^bOkoro C.M., ^bEchezona A.J.C. and ^bAzike I.N.

^a&bDepartment of Psychology

Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu,

E-mail: aejyke@yahoo.com                                

Abstract: This study investigated individualism-collectivism as predictor of altruism and reciprocity among nurses in Enugu metropolis. Seventy one (71) participants comprising 54 (76%) female and 17 (23.94%) male nurses between the ages of 19 to 40 (M = 29.34, SD =5.42) were sampled using purposive sampling technique. Singelis et al. (1995) Individualism-Collectivism Scale, Rushton (1981) Self–Report Altruism Scale and Eisenberger et al. (2004) Reciprocity Scale were administered for data collection. A correlational design was used. Multiple regression as statistical test revealed that individualism-collectivism neither jointly nor independently predicted altruism among the nurses at P > .05 level of significance. Also, individualism-collectivism neither jointly nor independently predicted reciprocity among the nurses at P > .05 level of significance.  It was concluded that other factors than individualism-collectivism might be responsible for altruism and reciprocity among this segment of nurses.