The Relationships of Work-Family Conflict, Social Support, Job Satisfaction, and Organizational Commitment in Korean Married Hospital Nurses.
- Author:
Mi Ae YOU
1
;
Youn Jung SON
Author Information
1. College of Nursing, Yonsei University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Nurses;
Conflict;
Job satisfaction;
Social support;
Organizations
- MeSH:
Health Occupations;
Job Satisfaction;
Linear Models;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Statistics as Topic
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamental Nursing
2009;16(4):515-523
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between work-family conflict, social support, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment which are closely linked to staff turnover from the perspective of married hospital nurses. METHOD: A survey was conducted using self-report structured questionnaire from 220 married nurses. Data analysis included descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, correlation and multiple linear regression with SPSS Win 17.0 program. RESULTS: Job satisfaction, social support, work-family conflict and age were strong predictors of organizational commitment. These variables explained 46.5% of the variance of the organizational commitment. Higher levels of organizational commitment were associated with greater job satisfaction and social support. Nurse with lower levels of work-family conflict and older age reported a high level of organizational commitment. CONCLUSION: These results show that improving job satisfaction has the best effect on enhancing nurses' organizational commitment. Also supportive relationships, reduction of work-family conflict and older age were significantly correlated with organizational commitment. Organizations should design more family- friendly policies and provide opportunities for career development to health professionals to induce organizational commitment.
