WORK COMMITMENT AND WORK OUTCOMES AMONG

Abstract ~ The goal of this study was to examine the relationship between work commitment (WC) forms (e.g., organizational commitment, job involvement, occupational commitment, work involvement, and Protestant work ethic) and work outcomes (e.g. withdrawal intentions from the organization, job and occupation, absenteeism, perceived performance, job-induced tension) among hospital nurses. Questionnaires were distributed to all the nurses in two hospitals in Western Canada. A total of 238 usable questionnaires were returned, a response rate of 4"/percent. The findings howed the usefulness ofWC in predicting work outcomes in the nursing profession. This support was ba~d on the mutual effect of more than one commitment on organization and job withdrawal intentions, and on job-induced tension. The findings also emphasized the importance of (x:cupational commitment asa predictor of work outcomes of nurses, and posed many questions about the usefulness of job involvement, which had no relationship to withdrawal intentions and a negative relationship tothe other outcome variables to which it was related. The paper concludes with recommendations tilt future rc.~arch about WC in the nursing profession. © 1908 El~vier Science Lid. All rights reserved Key wor~L~: Work commitmc:nt, work outcomes ° nurses, performance, turnover