Sağlık ve Hemşirelik Yönetimi Dergisi (May 2020)
Effects of Certain Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Nurses Who Work in A University Hospital on Their Organizational Commitment Levels
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Organizational commitment which is formed as the result of the organization-employee relationship is the power of the commitment that employees feel for the organization they work. It is a necessity to increase nurses' commitment to the health organization in which the majority of the workers are nurses. Nurses' commitment to their organization is not only important for themselves but it is also important for ill/healthy individuals and for the economy of the country.In this study, effects of certain socio-demographic characteristics of nurses who work in a university hospital on their organizational commitment levels were examined. METHODS: This research is a descriptive and involves all nurses who work at University Hospital. The data were collected by using "Socio-Demographic Characteristics Information Form" and 'Organizational Commitment Scale' translated into Turkish by Dagli, Elcicek and Zakir (2018). Results of the study were obtained by applying a survey to a total of 190 nurses between the dates of December 2018 and April 2019. SPSS 22.0 package program was used to evaluate the data. RESULTS: It was found that the level of organizational commitment of the nurses was moderate 3.13+-0.16. According to result of the logistic regression analysis, a significant difference was found between the nurses' level of organizational commitment and their ages, education levels, professional experience, income levels; while no significant difference was found between the nurses' level of organizational commitment and their genders and marital status. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: As a result, in this study difference was found between the nurses' level of organizational commitment and socio demographic characteristics so executive nurses should focus on this issue.
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