Greenslade and Jimmieson (2007a) gave a definitiondefinitiondefinition definition of nurse job performance of nurse job performance of nurse job performance of nurse job performance of nurse job performance of nurse job performance of nurse job performance of nurse job performance of nurse job performance of nurse job performance of nurse job performance of nurse job performance of nurse job performance as as the behaviors behaviors behaviors performed by nurses performed by nurses performed by nurses performed by nurses performed by nurses performed by nurses performed by nurses performed by nurses performed by nurses performed by nurses performed by nurses performed by nurses that contribute directly to the organization’s technical core (task performance) and includes those activities that are typically recognized as part of a workers job, while those behaviors that maintain the broader social environment (contextual performance) in which the technical core must function. It includes more discretionary behaviors that assist the hospital to function (Greenslade & Jimmieson, 2007a).