title: Moderating effects of nurses' organizational support on the relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment.
abstract: The aim was to investigate whether job satisfaction enhances organizational commitment among nursing personnel while exploring whether organizational support perception has a moderating effect on the relationship between their job satisfaction and organizational commitment. A cross-sectional survey was sent to 400 nurses; 386 valid questionnaires were collected, with a valid response rate of 96.5%. According to the research findings, nurses' job satisfaction has a positive and significant influence on organizational commitment. Results also indicated that the moderating effect of nurses' organizational support perception on the relationship between their job satisfaction and organizational commitment was stronger for high organizational support perception than it was for low organizational support perception. This study suggests that organizational support perception will develop a sense of belonging, and this will help improve nurses' job satisfaction and organizational commitment. This kind of relationship is rarely discussed in the research literature, and it can be applied for human resources management of nursing staff.
authors.affiliation: Republic of China Naval Academy, Kaohsiung, Taiwan arthur0660@yahoo.com.tw.
authors.forename: Ching-Sheng
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010465:Perception; D010558:Personnel Loyalty; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013624:Taiwan
keywords: job satisfaction; moderating effect; nursing staff; organizational commitment; organizational support