한국간호사와 재미한인간호사의 조직몰입, 간호조직문화, 직무만족도 비교

Abstract

Purpose: This study was conducted to examine the differences in organizational commitment, nursing organizationculture, and job satisfaction of Korean nurses employed in Korea and the United States, and to determinehow these variables were associated with selected study characteristics. Methods: An exploratory cross-sectionalstudy was performed with a convenience sample of 357 nurses from Korea and the U.S. Data were collected byusing a web site survey and self-reported questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, t-tests, ANOVA, and Pearson'scorrelation coefficients were used for data analysis. Results: In comparison to Korean American nurses (KAN),Korean nurses (KN) were younger, single, worked more time, took a charge role or higher, and had less turnoverexperience. After controlling for age and marital status, nursing organization culture and job satisfaction of KNwere significantly lower than those of KAN, respectively (F= -26.02, p<.001; F= -4.87, p=.028). Significant relationshipsamong selected socio-demo-health and work-related characteristics and the three variables were higherfor KN. Conclusion: Higher organizational commitment and nursing organization culture from all Korean nurseswere related their perceived high level of job satisfaction. Recommendations for further study include exploringa larger sample size of a variety of different types of nursing organizations and staff as well.