Abstract

This study was designed to investigate perception of job rotation and an organizational commitment of staff nurses working at K hospital and find the way of increasing an organizational commitment for the groundwork for efficient changes in the nursing staff. Data were collected from Aug. 20 to Aug. 28, 2004 through self reporting questionnaires taken by 318 nurses working at a hospital. The three structured instruments were used for collecting the data; Questionnaires for measuring the perception of job rotation, Questionnaires for measuring the utility and the problem of job rotation, and Mowday's Organizational Commitment Questionnaires. The Results were as follows : 1. 66.0% of 318 staff nurses approved of regular job rotation; 34.0% of them disapproved 34.3% of them wanted to get transferred to another department; 65.7% of them didn't. 2. Of general characteristics, age(F=17.469, P=.000), marital status(F=-2.781, P=.006), religion(F=5.688, P=.001), education level(F=8.816, P=.000), position(F=15.591, P=.000), a total clinical career(F=11.606 p=.000) and field in practice(F=4.206, P=.000) were significantly related to an organizational commitment. 3. There is relatively positive correlation between the perception of job rotation and an organizational commitment. In conclusion, the utility of on the job rotation and organizational commitment showed the positive correlation.

Keywords

• job rotation;
• organizational commitment

• 부서이동제도에 대한 인식;
• 조직몰입;