Quality of work life perceived by nurses and their organizational commitment level
Journal Title: Journal of Human Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 13, Issue 1
Abstract
Purpose: Quality of work life affects employees' commitment towards the organization. It is a concept that closely interests both the employees and the organization. The present study was conducted in a descriptive form for the purpose of determining nurses' work life quality and their organizational commitment levels. Materials and methods: The population of the study consists of the nurses working in a university hospital and no further sampling method was implemented. A total of 163 nurses participated in the study. The data were collected between August and December 2012 through the use of the "Organizational Commitment Questionnaire" and the "Quality of Nursing Work Life Survey", a descriptive questionnaire that covers the socio-demographic and work life characteristics of the participants. Student's t-tests, Tukey multiple comparison test, Mann-Whitney U-test, Kruskal-Whitney U-test, Kruskal-Wallis variance analysis, Cronbach’s alpha coefficients and Pearson correlation analysis method were utilized in the evaluation of the collected data.Results: In the study it was determined that the nurses' work life quality and their organizational commitment are at medium levels. It was also determined that there is a positive and statistically significant relation between work life quality and organizational commitment.Conclusion: It is suggested to implement applications that would enhance nurses work life quality.
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Handan Eren, Filiz Hisar
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