Comparative analysis of the impact of moral sensitivity on service behavior between Chinese and Pakistani nurses

BMC Nursing

Table 1 Demographic characteristics and comparisons of service behaviors

Demographic characteristics	N	%	In-role service behaviors			Extra-role service behaviors
Demographic characteristics	N	%	(\(\:\stackrel{-}{\varvec{x}}\)±s) F/t p			(\(\:\stackrel{-}{\varvec{x}}\)±s) F/t p
Nationality				4.177	0.001		2.817	0.001
China	525	70.73	4.19 ± 0.559			3.95 ± 0.634
Pakistan	217	29.27	4.41 ± 0.737			4.39 ± 0.876
Gender				0.582	0.063		0.037	0.001
Male	95	12.83	4.36 ± 0.659			4.41 ± 0.700
Female	647	87.17	4.24 ± 0.618			4.03 ± 0.735
Tenure				6.533	0.539		0.66	0.284
Less than 5 years	465	62.67	4.22 ± 0.644			4.09 ± 0.739
Between 5–10 years	171	23.04	4.25 ± 0.606			4.03 ± 0.718
Between 11–15 years	61	8.22	4.41 ± 0.476			4.04 ± 0.585
More than 16 years	44	5.93	4.35 ± 0.643			4.18 ± 0.698
Employee types				1.038	0.001		0.345	0.001
Permanent	516	69.54	4.18 ± 0.590			4.0 ± 0.723
Contract/ Temporary	226	30.46	4.41 ± 0.673			4.27 ± 0.748

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