Mediating Effect of Nursing Professionalism on the Relationship between Nurses' Character and Organizational Commitment of the Nurse
10.11111/jkana.2019.25.3.239
- Author:
Sun Young JUNG
1
;
Hyun Deuk LEE
Author Information
1. College of Nursing · The Research Institute of Nursing Science, Daegu Catholic University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Nurse;
Character;
Professionalism;
Organizational commitment
- MeSH:
Data Collection;
Korea;
Negotiating;
Nursing;
Professionalism
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
2019;25(3):239-247
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study was done to investigate the mediating effect of nursing professionalism on the relationship between nurse's character and organizational commitment of the nurse. METHODS: The participants in this study were 170 nurses who had over 3 months of work experience in hospitals in 2 regions of South Korea. Data were collected using self-report questionnaires. Data collection period was from December 15, 2018 to January 15, 2019, Data were analyzed using the IBM SPSS/WIN 25.0 program. RESULTS: The significant predictors for organizational commitment of nurses were nursing professionalism (β=.42), total clinical career (β=−.30), monthly income (β=−.27) and clinical career in current hospital (β=−.24). These variables explained 36.0% of the variance in the organizational commitment of nurses. Nursing professionalism was found to have a mediating effect on the relationship between nurses' character and organizational commitment. CONCLUSION: These results highlight the importance of nurses' organizational commitment and can be used as meaningful data for intervention research to promote the character of nurses and nursing professionalism.
