Study on the relationships among nurses’intent to stay,occupational commitment and managers’ leadership styles in emergency department
10.3969/j.issn.1671-8283.2013.11.002
- VernacularTitle:急诊科护士留职意愿与职业承诺、护士长领导方式的相关性
- Author:
Junli SHAO
;
Yanmei HUANG
;
Wei XU
;
Yuemei CHEN
;
Jie XIONG
;
Yiyi HUANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
emergency department;
nurses;
intent to stay;
occupational commitment;
leadership
- From:
Modern Clinical Nursing
2013;(11):5-10,11
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the relationships among nurses’intent to stay,occupational commitment and managers’ leadership styles in emergency department.Methods A total of 130 nurses in emergency department were recruited by convenience sampling method from three tertiary hospitals in Guangzhou.They were investigated by using Nurses’Intent to Stay Questionnaire, Nurses’Occupational Commitment Questionnaire and Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire(MLQ).Results The score of nurses’ intent to stay and occupational commitment were(20?19±3?74)and(76?16±12?13),respectively;both were at medium levels and occupational commitment,transformational leadership style were positively correlated with nurses’intent to stay(P<0?05).Nurses perceived their managers as transformational leaders more often than transactional leaders.Conclusions Both the current nurses’ intent to stay,occupational commitment were at medium levels.The influential factors of nurses’intent to stay in emergency department included emergency work experience,emotional commitment and normative commitment.In order to increase nurses’retention and stabilize the healthy development of nursing personnel,nurse managers should improve the level of nurses’occupational commitment.
