The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between the nursing organizational characteristics and job satisfaction Subjects were 362 nurses at a general hospital in Seoul Data were collected from November 1, 1999 to November 31, 1999 with the stttictured questionnaires and analyzed by SPSS-PC` 8.0 for descriptive statistics, ANOVP~, Pearson correlation, and stepwise multiple regression.
The results were as follows;
1. Tt-e average score of the nursing organizational characteristics was 3.7. The score of head nurse´s leadership was highest and supervisors was lowest. The average score of the job satisfaction was 3.1 and was similar to the results of other studies.
2. BEang regarded to the nursing organizational characteristics and job satisfaction by general df~mographic variables, The head nurse´s leadership, tF~e supervisor´s leadership and interaction, and the overall nursing organizational characteristics showed significant differences by year of career, position s>ztus, and service-department(p<.1, p<05). The job satisfaction showed significant difference by position status(p<.01)
3. There were correlations between the nursing organizational characteristics and job satisfaction(r=0.358-0.815).
4. The most important variable in the job satisfaction was organizational climate´ and it was explained 32.0.0 out of the total variance of job satisfaction and `all of nursing organizational characteristic factors´ explained 47S%.
According to the results of this study, the suggestions were as follows:
1. To improve nurses´ job satisfaction, the strategy for the development of the cooperative nursiry; organizational climate and for the strengthening of ´the nursing manager´s leadership and interaction´ in the nursing department are necessary. It should to b~ considered the differences in the nursing organizational characteristics and job satisfaction by nursing manager and staff nurses.
2. Further study needed to analysis the organizational climate for the management of the nursinE; organization. Also it is necessary for further investigation regarding to the relationship between the nursing organizational characteristics and job satisfaction of pre and post-organizational change.
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