J Korean Acad Nurs Adm.  2010 Sep;16(3):276-285.

The Effects of Organizational Justice and Dispositional Affectivity on Job Satisfaction and Intent to Leave among Nurses

• Yom YH

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of organizational justice and dispositional affectivity on job satisfaction and intent to leave among nurses.
METHODS
The sample of this study consisted of 274 nurses from 2 general hospitals located in Incheon. Data were collected with self-administered questionnaires and were analyzed by hierarchical multiple regression.
RESULTS
Distributive and interactional justices had positive impacts on nurses' job satisfaction. Distributive, procedural and interactional justices had negative impacts on nurses' intent to leave. It was found out that positive affectivity significantly moderated the effect of interactional justice on job satisfaction while dispositional affectivity did not significantly moderate the effect of organizational justice on the intent to leave.
CONCLUSION
The results imply that hospital administrators should pay attention to the dispositional affectivity of nurses to increase their job satisfaction. Further, hospital needs to maintain organizational justice to reduce nurses' turnover.

Keyword

Job Satisfaction; Affect; Organizations

MeSH Terms

Hospital Administrators
Hospitals, General
Humans
Job Satisfaction
Surveys and Questionnaires
Social Justice

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  Figure 1 Conceptual model for study

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