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Thesis/Dissertation Information
- Degree Disciplines:
- Education
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- Abstract:
- Purpose : The purpose of this study was to determine the multiple correlation between the four predictors (job satisfaction, perceived organizational support, transformational leadership behavior, and level of education) on the degree of organizational commitment among registered and licensed practical nurses in South Florida’s long-term care facilities. Most studies on health care settings tend to focus on nurses and other medical personnel in acute care settings, resulting in a major gap in the literature on issues and concerns of health professionals in long-term care settings. Studies of this nature are instrumental in helping administrators to better meet the needs of long-term care nurses employed in their organizations, which may have implications for the delivery of services. This study’s findings supported the relationship of long-term care nurses’ organizational commitment to job satisfaction, perceived organizational support, transformational leadership behavior, and level of education. Method : The research question addressed in this study was whether relationships existed between organizational commitment and job satisfaction, perceived organizational support, transformational leadership behavior, and nurses’ level of education. The analytical procedure of multiple regression was utilized to determine the predicting strength among organizational commitment and the independent variables: job satisfaction, perceived organizational support, transformational leadership behavior, and nurses’ level of education. To obtain the participants for this study, the researcher chose randomly four nursing homes from a total of 53 Medicare/Medicaid certified nursing homes located in Miami-Dade County. Miami-Dade County was divided into four geographical quadrants, north, south, west, east, and the researcher randomly chose one nursing home from each quadrant. A simple random sample was used to select the participants from each nursing home, using a procedure that gives every nurse a known and equal chance of being included in the sample. The participants were randomly chosen from a list of nursing staff provided by each facility. To assure anonymity, the list contained only identifying numbers representing nurses in each of the randomly chosen facilities. Major Findings : Pearson product-moment correlation coefficients were computed and revealed that positive correlation existed between organizational commitment, the dependent variable, and job satisfaction, perceived organizational support, transformational leadership, and level of education, the independent variables. Of the four independent variables, a multiple regression analysis indicated that job satisfaction and perceived organizational support were most strongly related to organizational commitment. In addition, multiple regression analysis indicated that 91% of the variance in nurses’ organizational commitment was explained with all of the independent variables.
- Thesis:
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--Barry University, 2007.
- Bibliography:
- Includes bibliographical references (leaves 97-127).
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- Barry University
- Holding Location:
- Barry University Archives and Special Collections
- Rights Management:
- Copyright Mahmoud Al-Hussami. Permission granted to Barry University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder.
- Resource Identifier:
- RA997.A54 2007_Al-HussamiMahmoud ( BU-Local )
- Classification:
- RA997.A54 2007 ( lcc )
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