Abstract:
This explanatory research aimed to study the relationship of personnel
characteristics, job characteristic, and job satisfaction with organizational commitment
of registered nurses and to evaluate the significant variables that can be used to predict
the organizational commitment of registered nurses working in Bumrungrad
International Hospital, Thailand. The sample comprised 402 registered nurses who had
worked in various wards of Bumrungrad International Hospital for a period of at least 1
year. The sample was selected by systematic sampling without replacement. The
research instruments used a questionnaire and were collected during 28 May 30 June
2009. Descriptive statistics, chi-square, Pearsons correlation coefficient and Stepwise
Multiple Regression Analysis were applied for data analysis.
The study showed that the registered nurses owned a moderate level of
organizational commitment, a high level of job characteristic and a high level of job
satisfaction. The positively significant factors related to the organizational
commitment were age (r = 0.20; p < 0.001), marital status (χ2 = 6.40; p < 0.05),
working experience (r= 0.18; p = 0.001), job characteristics (r = 0.42; p < 0.001) and
job satisfaction (r = 0.64; p <0.001). But those not related to organizational
commitment were gender and educational background (p > 0.05). The significant
group of variables, job satisfaction and working experience, could explain or predict
the value of organizational commitment of approximately 43 percent (p < 0.05).
It is recommended that nursing executives consider the supportive factors
of job satisfaction and find measures to keep registered nurses working at the hospital
longer in order to promote organizational commitment.