Open AccessQuality of work life perceived by nurses and their organizational commitment level
Author(s) -
Handan Eren,
Filiz Hisar
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
uluslararası i̇nsan bilimleri dergisi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1303-5134
DOI - 10.14687/ijhs.v13i1.3440
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , organizational commitment , descriptive statistics , kruskal–wallis one way analysis of variance , test (biology) , psychology , nursing , population , work (physics) , quality (philosophy) , quality of working life , applied psychology , quality of life (healthcare) , mann–whitney u test , job satisfaction , social psychology , medicine , clinical psychology , psychometrics , statistics , environmental health , engineering , mathematics , philosophy , epistemology , paleontology , mechanical engineering , biology
Purpose: Quality of work life affects employees' commitment towards the organization. It is a concept that closely interests both the employees and the organization. The present study was conducted in a descriptive form for the purpose of determining nurses' work life quality and their organizational commitment levels. Materials and methods: The population of the study consists of the nurses working in a university hospital and no further sampling method was implemented. A total of 163 nurses participated in the study. The data were collected between August and December 2012 through the use of the "Organizational Commitment Questionnaire" and the "Quality of Nursing Work Life Survey", a descriptive questionnaire that covers the socio-demographic and work life characteristics of the participants. Student's t-tests, Tukey multiple comparison test, Mann-Whitney U-test, Kruskal-Whitney U-test, Kruskal-Wallis variance analysis, Cronbach’s alpha coefficients and Pearson correlation analysis method were utilized in the evaluation of the collected data.Results: In the study it was determined that the nurses' work life quality and their organizational commitment are at medium levels. It was also determined that there is a positive and statistically significant relation between work life quality and organizational commitment.Conclusion: It is suggested to implement applications that would enhance nurses work life quality.