Correlation of learning organization with organizational commitment and organizational effectiveness of educational and therapeutic centers of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences in Iran
Keywords:
Intensive care unit, nurses, learning organization, organizational commitment, organizational effectiveness
Abstract
Establishing and identifying of learning organization and its influencing factors is very crucial in therapeutic and educational centers especially in intensive care units. Management concepts like Organizational commitment and organizational effectiveness could be necessary to maintain and promotion of learning organization at context of intensive care units. This study aimed to assess the correlation of learning organization with organizational commitment and organizational effectiveness of intensive care nurses in educational and therapeutic centers of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences in Iran.
A cross-sectional study was conducted using questionnaire on 277 intensive care nurses of educational and therapeutic centers in 2016. Data gathering tool was included 43-question Marsick and Watkins' learning organization questionnaire, 24-question Meyer & Allen’s organizational commitment questionnaire and 24-question Taylor & Bower`s organizational effectiveness questionnaire in 5-point Likert scale. Data were analyzed by SPSS software (Version 18) using descriptive and inferential statistics.
Intensive care nurses had 32 ± 5.56 years, 83.4% female, 67.1% married, 71.47% less than 10 years of work experience, and 97.8% bachelor of nursing. Mean score of learning organization, organizational commitment and organizational effectiveness in intensive care units was 128.30±29.18, 75.65±10.87 and 57.22±15.80, respectively which were interpreted at a moderate level. There was positive and significant correlation between learning organization with organizational commitment (0.489) and organizational effectiveness (0.684) and also there was positive and significant correlation between Organizational commitment and organizational effectiveness (0.575), (P=0.01).
It is suggested that to increase learning organizational intensive care unit nurses level, as an important factor for them, organizational commitment and organizational effectiveness level should be increased.
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2018-04-30
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Bikmoradi, A., Fardmal, J., & Torabi, Y. (2018). Correlation of learning organization with organizational commitment and organizational effectiveness of educational and therapeutic centers of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences in Iran. Amazonia Investiga, 7(13), 436-448. Retrieved from https://www.amazoniainvestiga.info/index.php/amazonia/article/view/583
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