Nurses' professional competency and organizational commitment: Is it important for human resource management?
BACKGROUND:Professional competency is a fundamental concept in nursing, which has a direct relationship with quality improvement of patient care and public health. Organizational commitment as a kind of affective attachment or sense of loyalty to the organization is an effective factor for professio...
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| description | BACKGROUND:Professional competency is a fundamental concept in nursing, which has a direct relationship with quality improvement of patient care and public health. Organizational commitment as a kind of affective attachment or sense of loyalty to the organization is an effective factor for professional competency. OBJECTIVE:This study was conducted to evaluate the nurses´ professional competency and their organizational commitment as well as the relationship between these two concepts. METHODS AND MATERIALS:This descriptive-analytic study was conducted at the hospitals affiliated with a University of Medical Sciences, in the southeast of Iran in 2016. The sample included 230 nurses who were selected using stratified random sampling. Data were gathered by three questionnaires including socio-demographic information, competency inventory for registered nurse (CIRN) and Allen Meyer's organizational commitment. RESULTS:Results showed that professional competency (Mean±SD: 2.82±0.53, range: 1.56-4.00) and organizational commitment (Mean±SD: 72.80±4.95, range: 58-81) of the nurses were at moderate levels. There was no statistically significant correlation between professional competency and organizational commitment (ρ = 0.02; p = 0.74). There were significant differences in professional competency based on marital status (p = 0.03) and work experience (p<0.001). CONCLUSION:The results highlighted that the nurses needed to be more competent and committed to their organizations. Developing professional competency and organizational commitment is vital, but not easy. This study suggests that human resource managers should pursue appropriate strategies to enhance the professional competency and organizational commitment of their nursing staff. It is necessary to conduct more comprehensive studies for exploring the status and gaps in the human resource management of healthcare in different cultures and contexts. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f1a604bedd6d4ea99f8593568dcabcdf2022-12-21T19:56:46ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032017-01-011211e018786310.1371/journal.pone.0187863Nurses' professional competency and organizational commitment: Is it important for human resource management?Abbas KaramiJamileh FarokhzadianGolnaz ForoughameriBACKGROUND:Professional competency is a fundamental concept in nursing, which has a direct relationship with quality improvement of patient care and public health. Organizational commitment as a kind of affective attachment or sense of loyalty to the organization is an effective factor for professional competency. OBJECTIVE:This study was conducted to evaluate the nurses´ professional competency and their organizational commitment as well as the relationship between these two concepts. METHODS AND MATERIALS:This descriptive-analytic study was conducted at the hospitals affiliated with a University of Medical Sciences, in the southeast of Iran in 2016. The sample included 230 nurses who were selected using stratified random sampling. Data were gathered by three questionnaires including socio-demographic information, competency inventory for registered nurse (CIRN) and Allen Meyer's organizational commitment. RESULTS:Results showed that professional competency (Mean±SD: 2.82±0.53, range: 1.56-4.00) and organizational commitment (Mean±SD: 72.80±4.95, range: 58-81) of the nurses were at moderate levels. There was no statistically significant correlation between professional competency and organizational commitment (ρ = 0.02; p = 0.74). There were significant differences in professional competency based on marital status (p = 0.03) and work experience (p<0.001). CONCLUSION:The results highlighted that the nurses needed to be more competent and committed to their organizations. Developing professional competency and organizational commitment is vital, but not easy. This study suggests that human resource managers should pursue appropriate strategies to enhance the professional competency and organizational commitment of their nursing staff. It is necessary to conduct more comprehensive studies for exploring the status and gaps in the human resource management of healthcare in different cultures and contexts.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5678726?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Abbas Karami Jamileh Farokhzadian Golnaz Foroughameri Nurses' professional competency and organizational commitment: Is it important for human resource management? PLoS ONE |
| title | Nurses' professional competency and organizational commitment: Is it important for human resource management? |
| title_full | Nurses' professional competency and organizational commitment: Is it important for human resource management? |
| title_fullStr | Nurses' professional competency and organizational commitment: Is it important for human resource management? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nurses' professional competency and organizational commitment: Is it important for human resource management? |
| title_short | Nurses' professional competency and organizational commitment: Is it important for human resource management? |
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