Impact of Self-leadership and Organizational Commitment on the Intention of Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses to Remain in the Profession.
10.12934/jkpmhn.2016.25.4.409
- Author:
Hyun Sook PARK
1
Author Information
1. College of Nursing, The Research Institute of Nursing Science, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu, Korea. parkhs@cu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Mental health nurse;
Retention;
Intention
- MeSH:
Intention*;
Mental Health*
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
2016;25(4):409-417
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study was performed to identify the impact of self-leadership and organizational commitment on intention among psychiatric mental health nurses to remain in the profession. METHODS: For this descriptive correlational study, participants were 177 psychiatric mental health nurses with more .than 3 months of psychiatric mental health experience, working in one of eight hospitals in four areas. Data were collected from December 21, 2015 to February 22, 2016 using self-report questionnaires and were analyzed using t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and stepwise multiple regression with IBM SPSS 19.0. RESULTS: Self-leadership and organizational commitment correlated positively with intention to remain. According to the analysis of the impact of self-leadership and organizational commitment on intention to remain, organizational commitment was the most significant predictor variable. CONCLUSION: Study findings suggest that improvement in the organizational commitment of psychiatric mental health nurses increases their intention remain. It is necessary to come up with a strategy which strengthens organizational commitment in order to improve psychiatric mental health nurses' intention to remain in the profession.
