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KMID : 0614820070130020156
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Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
2007 Volume.13 No. 2 p.156 ~ p.166
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The Impact of Organizational and Individual Characteristics on Outcome Variables
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Abstract
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Purpose : The purpose of the present study was to examine the causal relationships among hospital nursing
organizational characteristics (organizational climate, workload), individual characteristics (experience, education) and
outcome variables (job satisfaction, job stress, task performance) by constructing and testing a conceptual
framework.
Methods : Five large general hospitals located in Seoul were selected to participated. The total sample of
245 registered nurses represents a response rate of 94 percent. Data for this study was collected from January to
February in 2006 by questionnaire. Path analyses with LISREL program were used to test the fit of the proposed
model to the data and to examine the causal relationships among variables.
Results : Both the proposed model and the modified model fit the data excellently. The model revealed relatively high explanatory power of work stress (40%), job satisfaction (46%) and task performance (27%) by predicted variables. In predicting work stress, job satisfaction and task performance, the finding of this study clearly demonstrate organizational climate might be the most important variable.
Conclusion : Based on the findings of the study, it was suggested that desirable organizational climate was needed to increase the nurses’ mental and physical health as well as qualified task performance.
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KEYWORD
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Organization, Climate, Workload, Stress, Job satisfaction, Task performance
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