[Impact of clinical nurses' power and empowerment on job satisfaction and organizational commitment].
OBJECTIVE
This study was performed to analyze effects of the power and empowerment on job satisfaction and organizational commitment. This study was based on the Kanter's theory of organizational empowerment.


METHODS
A predictive, non-experimental design was used to test the model in a sample of 688 nurses working in 7 university hospitals that have over 500 beds in Seoul, Kyunggi and Kangwon provinces. The data were collected from December, 2003 to January, 2004. It was analyzed with descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation of SPSS and with path analysis of LISREL.


RESULTS
The formal and informal power had direct effects on empowerment. Formal power also had direct effects on informal power. Empowerment had direct effects on job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Organizational commitment had direct effects on job satisfaction. There was positive effects in all of the variables.


CONCLUSIONS
The positive changes show on personal behaviors and attitudes when the nurses who have formal and informal power are empowered. These findings would be important resource to nurse administrators for clinical implication.
Park
Hyeon Hui
HH
Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Graduate School of Chung-Ang University, 221 Heuksuk-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 156-756, Korea.
Park
Kyung-Sook
KS
Yom
Young-Hee
YH
Kim
Kyung-Hee
KH
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D017146:Models, Organizational; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000523:psychology*; D010558:Personnel Loyalty; D017009:Professional Autonomy