The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between nursing organizational climate and job satisfaction of nurses in general hospitals and also the factors which had influences in the nursing organizational climate and job satisfaction of nurses.
Data were collected from~200 nursing managers and 800 nurses with structured questionnaires at 11 general hospitals in Taegu and Kyungbuk-area, from June 1 to June 30, 1999.
Data were analyed with SPSS 7.5 using program such as t-tE~st, ANOVA and stepwise multiple regression.
The results were as follows
1) In the nursing organizational climate there were ;significant differences by age(F=9.246, p=.000), religion(F=5.658, p=.001), educational level(F=4.660, p=.010), position(F=27.016, p=.000), and the total length of service(F=7.274, p=.000). Also there were ;significant differences by subsidiary school(F=11.224, p=.000), the number of beds(F=9.893, p=.000), the number of nurses(F=6.365, p=.000), and kind of medical agency(F=5.251, p=.000) in the hospitals.
2) In the nurses´ job satisfaction there were significant differences by age(F=11.528, p=.000), religion(F=3.003, p=.000), position(F=22.485, p=.000), career the department of the present service(F=5.157, p=.000), U~tal career of service(F=9.243, p=.000), and salary(F=5.507, p=.000).
Also there were significant differences by religious background(F=4.779, p=.009), subsidiary school(F=7.039, p=.000;, the number of beds(F=7.039, p=.000), and kind of medical agency(F=2.778, p=.006) in the hospitals
3) There was significant correlation between nursing organizational climate and job satisfaction of nurses(r=.686).
4) The nursing organizational climate was explained 21.8 % by salary 9.5%, position 7.4%, religious l~ackgmund of hospital 4.1%, and subsidiary school of hospital 0.8%.
5) The nurses´ job satisfaction was explained 70.9 % by nursing organizational climate 46.7%, salary 21.9´0, kind of medical agency 1.4%, position 0.3%, religious background of hospital 0.3%, religion 0.3%.
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