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Nurses’ professional competency and organizational commitment: Is it important for human resource management?

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  • Abbas Karami
  • Jamileh Farokhzadian
  • Golnaz Foroughameri

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Background: Professional competency is a fundamental concept in nursing, which has a direct relationship with quality improvement of patient care and public health. Organizational commitment as a kind of affective attachment or sense of loyalty to the organization is an effective factor for professional competency. Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the nurses´ professional competency and their organizational commitment as well as the relationship between these two concepts. Methods and materials: This descriptive-analytic study was conducted at the hospitals affiliated with a University of Medical Sciences, in the southeast of Iran in 2016. The sample included 230 nurses who were selected using stratified random sampling. Data were gathered by three questionnaires including socio-demographic information, competency inventory for registered nurse (CIRN) and Allen Meyer's organizational commitment. Results: Results showed that professional competency (Mean±SD: 2.82±0.53, range: 1.56–4.00) and organizational commitment (Mean±SD: 72.80±4.95, range: 58–81) of the nurses were at moderate levels. There was no statistically significant correlation between professional competency and organizational commitment (ρ = 0.02; p = 0.74). There were significant differences in professional competency based on marital status (p = 0.03) and work experience (p

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  • Abbas Karami & Jamileh Farokhzadian & Golnaz Foroughameri, 2017. "Nurses’ professional competency and organizational commitment: Is it important for human resource management?," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(11), pages 1-15, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0187863
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0187863
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    1. Mercedes Rodríguez-Fernández & Juan Herrera & Carlos de las Heras-Rosas, 2021. "Model of Organizational Commitment Applied to Health Management Systems," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(9), pages 1-21, April.
    2. Mustafa Mahooti & Parvaneh Vasli & Esmail Asadi, 2018. "Effect of organizational citizenship behavior on family-centered care: Mediating role of multiple commitment," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(9), pages 1-18, September.
    3. Carlos Laranjeira & Filipa Pereira & Ana Querido & Marion Bieri & Henk Verloo, 2022. "Contributing Factors of Presenteeism among Portuguese and Swiss Nurses: A Qualitative Study Using Focus Groups," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(14), pages 1-19, July.
    4. Anna Bartosiewicz & Edyta Łuszczki & Andrzej Różański & Małgorzata Nagórska, 2019. "Analysis of Determinants of Readiness for Professional Development Among Polish Nurses," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(10), pages 1-12, May.
    5. Margelytė-Pleskienė Aida & Vveinhardt Jolita, 2018. "The Quintessence of Organizational Commitment and Organizational Cynicism," Management of Organizations: Systematic Research, Sciendo, vol. 80(1), pages 67-88, December.

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