Correlation analysis between turnover intention and organizational commitment of nurses.

Objective To investigate the correlation between the nurses' turnover intention and organizational commitment. Methods Using accidental sampling, the turnover intention and organizational commitment among 206 clinical nurses from 12 hospitals in Hanchuan City of Hubei province were investigated. Results The total score for the turnover intention was (15.69±2.93). The dimensions in the turnover intention included the possibility to find a job in another hospital, the motivation to find another job, and the possibility to resign from the current job. The total score for organizational commitment was (63.59±10.04). All the factors related to the organizational commitment included normative commitment, ideal commitment, affective commitment, economy commitment and opportunity commitment in terms of the score of each factor. There were negative correlations between every factor of organizational commitment and the turnover intention (P0.01). Turnover intention was explained by 16.10% with affective commitment and opportunity commitment. Among which, the organizational commitment of affective commitment played the most important role. Conclusion In order to improve the level of nurses' organizational commitment and lower their turnover intention, multiple countermeasures like effective incentive measures, cultivation of harmonious hospital culture, reasonable humanized management, should be taken to stabilize the work team and enhance the quality of nursing.