J Korean Acad Nurs Adm.  2020 Dec;26(5):468-477. 10.11111/jkana.2020.26.5.468.

Effects of Organizational Socialization, Perceived Organizational Vision and Attitude toward Organizational Change on Organizational Commitment of General Hospital Nurses

• Kang YH
• Lee EH
• Kang KH

• KMID: 2512236
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.11111/jkana.2020.26.5.468

Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of organizational socialization, perceived organizational vision, and attitude toward organizational change on organizational commitment of nurses working in one hospital.
Methods
This study was conducted with 441 participants in a hospital in A city, South Korea from Nov. 1 to 30 2017.Data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffé test, Pearson Correlation and Multiple Regression with the SPSS/WIN 23.0 program.
Results
There were significant correlations among organizational socialization, perceived organizational vision, attitude toward organizational change and organizational commitment. The factors that significantly influenced organizational commitment were organizational socialization (β=.10 p=.015). perceived organizational vision (β=.20, p<.001), and attitude toward organizational change (β=.44, p<.001). These variables explained 50.0% of the variance in organizational commitment.
Conclusion
The findings indicates that organizational socialization, perceived organizational vision and attitude toward organizational change affect organizational commitment.

Keyword

Organizational socialization; Vision; Change; Organizational commitment; Nurses