A Nursing Shortage: Building Organizational Commitment Among Nurses

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• Personal Author:
  McNeese-Smith DK
• Description:
  As a major nursing shortage threatens healthcare organizations, the views of 30 staff nurses are examined to determine factors that contribute to their commitment, or lack of commitment, to their employing hospital. Content analysis identified that organizational commitment is most related to personal factors, opportunities for learning, job satisfaction, plan for retirement, monetary benefits, patient care, coworkers, cultural factors, and job security, in that order. Lack of organizational commitment is most related to conflict with personal needs. However, lack of learning, lack of appreciation and fairness, inadequate monetary benefits, patient care situations, poor relations with coworkers, career developmental stage, and lack of job security are also discussed. Application of these findings to healthcare administration is discussed, with strategies for building organizational commitment among nurses. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Employee Satisfaction Health Care Personnel Health Care Workers Job Analysis Nurses Nursing Work Organization
• ISSN:
  1096-9012
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  173-186
• Volume:
  46
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20057996
• Citation:
  J Healthc Manag 2001 May/Jun; 46(3):173-186
• Email:
  DMcNeese@Sonnet.UCLA.EDU
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Performing Organization:
  University of California, School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19990701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Healthcare Management
• End Date:
  20040630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:79e7a34ff67bd5f00b8ff54006e191aaa095f8a0a1095b867a7df397e17ffb8f60b4f494f29ae50667cf99c0864d72d7882db79b190e4894eee3a5f1ae453b6d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/215190/cdc_215190_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 742.29 KB ]