J Korean Acad Nurs Adm.  2019 Jun;25(3):239-247. 10.11111/jkana.2019.25.3.239.

Mediating Effect of Nursing Professionalism on the Relationship between Nurses' Character and Organizational Commitment of the Nurse

• Jung SY
• Lee HD

• KMID: 2451700
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.11111/jkana.2019.25.3.239

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.

Keyword

Nurse; Character; Professionalism; Organizational commitment

MeSH Terms

Data Collection
Korea
Negotiating*
Nursing*
Professionalism*