Onyishi Ike E, Enwereuzor Ibeawuchi K, Ogbonna Martina N, Ugwu Fabian O, Amazue Lawrence O
Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria, and Department of Psychology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria.
J Nurs Scholarsh. 2019 Jul;51(4):470-479. doi: 10.1111/jnu.12474. Epub 2019 Mar 28.
The purpose of this study was to test how basic psychological needs satisfaction contributes to career commitment through career satisfaction among nurses.
There is an increasing rate of turnover among nurses and a general shortage of nurses in many countries. This has made it necessary for researchers to focus on the career satisfaction of nurses and their commitment to their careers.
A cross-sectional design was employed in a survey of 233 nurses in public hospitals in southeastern Nigeria. Participants responded to self-report measures of career commitment, career satisfaction, and work-related basic needs satisfaction.
In the regression-based path analysis, basic psychological needs satisfaction was positively related to career satisfaction (p < .001) and career commitment (p < .001) of nurses. Career satisfaction was positively related to career commitment (p < .05). Career satisfaction mediated the relationship between basic psychological needs satisfaction and career commitment (95% confidence interval [.009, .068]).
The results show that basic psychological needs are relevant for employee commitment, giving support to the self-determination theory. Career satisfaction provides further explanations for the relationship between psychological needs satisfaction and career commitment, although there could be reverse causal links.
The results advance knowledge on how satisfaction of basic psychological needs can increase career satisfaction and foster more career commitment. Designing work environments that help employees to fulfil their basic psychological needs is important in the retention of nurses.
本研究旨在测试基本心理需求满足如何通过护士的职业满意度促进职业承诺。
护士离职率不断上升，许多国家普遍存在护士短缺的情况。这使得研究人员有必要关注护士的职业满意度及其对职业的承诺。
采用横断面设计，对尼日利亚东南部公立医院的233名护士进行调查。参与者对职业承诺、职业满意度和与工作相关的基本需求满足情况进行了自我报告测量。
在基于回归的路径分析中，基本心理需求满足与护士的职业满意度（p < .001）和职业承诺（p < .001）呈正相关。职业满意度与职业承诺呈正相关（p < .05）。职业满意度在基本心理需求满足与职业承诺之间起中介作用（95%置信区间[.009, .068]）。
结果表明基本心理需求与员工承诺相关，支持了自我决定理论。职业满意度为心理需求满足与职业承诺之间的关系提供了进一步解释，尽管可能存在反向因果关系。
这些结果推进了关于基本心理需求满足如何提高职业满意度并促进更多职业承诺的知识。设计有助于员工满足其基本心理需求的工作环境对于留住护士很重要。
