Empowerment, job satisfaction and organizational commitment: a comparative analysis of nurses working in Malaysia and England
Aims To examine the relationships between nurses empowerment, job satisfaction and organizational commitment in culturally and developmentally different societies. Background Employment and retention of sufficient and well-committed nursing staff are essential for providing safe and effective hea...
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| author | Nora Ahmad, Oranye, Nelson Ositadimma |
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| description | Aims To examine the relationships between nurses empowerment, job satisfaction
and organizational commitment in culturally and developmentally different societies.
Background Employment and retention of sufficient and well-committed nursing
staff are essential for providing safe and effective health care. In light of this, nursing
leaders have been searching for ways to re-engineer the healthcare system particularly
by providing an environment that is conducive to staff empowerment, job
satisfaction and commitment.
Methods This is a descriptive correlational survey of 556 registered nurses (RNs) in
two teaching hospitals in England and Malaysia.
Results Although the Malaysian nurses felt more empowered and committed to
their organization, the English nurses were more satisfied with their job.
Conclusion The differences between these two groups of nurses show that
empowerment does not generate the same results in all countries, and reflects
empirical evidence from most cross cultural studies on empowerment.
Implications for nursing management Nursing management should always take into
consideration cultural differences in empowerment, job satisfaction and commitment
of nursing staff while formulating staff policies. |
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| spelling | oai:eprints.oum.edu.my:8412012-11-01T03:10:58Z Empowerment, job satisfaction and organizational commitment: a comparative analysis of nurses working in Malaysia and England Nora Ahmad, Oranye, Nelson Ositadimma HF5549.5 Personnel management RC Internal medicine Aims To examine the relationships between nurses empowerment, job satisfaction and organizational commitment in culturally and developmentally different societies. Background Employment and retention of sufficient and well-committed nursing staff are essential for providing safe and effective health care. In light of this, nursing leaders have been searching for ways to re-engineer the healthcare system particularly by providing an environment that is conducive to staff empowerment, job satisfaction and commitment. Methods This is a descriptive correlational survey of 556 registered nurses (RNs) in two teaching hospitals in England and Malaysia. Results Although the Malaysian nurses felt more empowered and committed to their organization, the English nurses were more satisfied with their job. Conclusion The differences between these two groups of nurses show that empowerment does not generate the same results in all countries, and reflects empirical evidence from most cross cultural studies on empowerment. Implications for nursing management Nursing management should always take into consideration cultural differences in empowerment, job satisfaction and commitment of nursing staff while formulating staff policies. Article PeerReviewed Nora Ahmad, and Oranye, Nelson Ositadimma Empowerment, job satisfaction and organizational commitment: a comparative analysis of nurses working in Malaysia and England. Journal of Nursing Management. pp. 582-591. https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/841/ |
| spellingShingle | HF5549.5 Personnel management RC Internal medicine Nora Ahmad, Oranye, Nelson Ositadimma Empowerment, job satisfaction and organizational commitment: a comparative analysis of nurses working in Malaysia and England |
| title | Empowerment, job satisfaction and organizational commitment: a
comparative analysis of nurses working in Malaysia and England |
| title_full | Empowerment, job satisfaction and organizational commitment: a
comparative analysis of nurses working in Malaysia and England |
| title_fullStr | Empowerment, job satisfaction and organizational commitment: a
comparative analysis of nurses working in Malaysia and England |
| title_full_unstemmed | Empowerment, job satisfaction and organizational commitment: a
comparative analysis of nurses working in Malaysia and England |
| title_short | Empowerment, job satisfaction and organizational commitment: a
comparative analysis of nurses working in Malaysia and England |
| title_sort | empowerment, job satisfaction and organizational commitment: a
comparative analysis of nurses working in malaysia and england |
| topic | HF5549.5 Personnel management RC Internal medicine |
| url | https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/841/ |