Correlation of learning organization and intensive care nurses' Organizational Commitment of Educational and Therapeutic Centers of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences in Iran

• Bikmaradi, Ali ^[1] ; Fardmal, Javad ^[1] ; Torabi, Yousef ^[1]
  1. [1] Hamadan University of Medical Sciences
• Localización: Revista Publicando, ISSN-e 1390-9304, Vol. 5, Nº. 15, 1 (Abril-Mayo-Junio), 2018, págs. 395-409
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Introduction: Establishing and identifying of learning organization and its influencing factors is very crucial in therapeutic and educational centers especially in intensive care units. Organizational commitment 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 of intensive care nurses at educational and therapeutic centers of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences in Iran.Methods: 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 and 24-question Meyer and Allen’s organizational commitment questionnaire in 5-point Likert scale. Data were analyzed by SPSS software (Version 18) using descriptive and inferential statistics.Results: 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 and organizational commitment in intensive care units was 128.30±29.18 and 75.65±10.87, respectively which were interpreted at a moderate level. There was a positive and significant moderate correlation (0.489) between learning organization and organizational commitment (P=0.01). Conclusion: Intensive care nurses' organizational commitment has reciprocal correlation with learning organization in intensive care units. Therefore, managers of therapeutic and educational centers should try to maintain and promote learning organization in whole of organization and especially at intensive care units and subsequently could boost intensive care nurses' organizational commitment as well.