J Korean Acad Nurs Adm.  2022 Mar;28(2):110-120. 10.11111/jkana.2022.28.2.110.

Mediating Effect of Organizational Commitment on the Relationship between Nurses’ Clinical Characters and Retention Intention of the Small and Medium-sized Hospital Nurses

• Lee MH
• Kwon SH

• KMID: 2536024
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.11111/jkana.2022.28.2.110

Abstract

Purpose
This study aimed to identify the mediating effect of organizational commitment on the relationship between nurses’ clinical characters and retention intention in small-and medium-sized hospitals.
Methods
This descriptive study included 177 nurses frome three small-and medium-sized hospitals in B metropolitan city. Data were collected from August 27 to September 30, 2020 using self-report questionnaires and were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows version 22.0.
Results
The significant predictors of retention intention were organizational commitment (β=.43, p<.001), age (β=.21, p=.001), nurses’ clinical characters (β=.16, p=.011), work satisfaction (β=.15, p=.022), and whether they worked in the desired department (β=.13, p=.025). These variables explained 48% of the variance in retention intentions. Additionally, organizational commitment had a mediating effect on the relationship between nurses’ clinical characters and retention intention.
Conclusion
According to the results, institutional efforts should be made to strengthen organizational commitment and develop educational programs to enhance nurses’ clinical characters among small-and medium-sized hospitals to promote retention intention.

Keyword

Characters; Employment; Intention; Work engagement; Nurses