The relationship between the learning organization and organizational commitment among nursing managers in educational hospitals of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in 2008-2009

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Old methods of administrating can't cover the rapid changes of today. These changes redounded new organizations like learning organizations to be formed. The purpose of this research is to study the relationship between the learning organization and organizational commitment among nursing managers.

METHODS: This is a descriptive analytic survey. The population of study was 90 nursing managers of 9 educational hospitals. Data gathering was done via learning organizational (LO) and organizational commitment (OC) questionnaires. Data analysis was analyzed using SPSS software.
RESULTS: The mean score of LO has been 56.9 ± 18.1 among nursing mangers, and the mean score of OC has been 62.3 ± 10.1. In general there was a significant relationship between LO and OC and there was a significant relationship between LO and job experience based on ANOVA test.

CONCLUSIONS: In today's changing environment of very rapid changes which have been seen in different areas of science and technology and the increasing complexity and dynamics of environmental factors, only organizations with active adaptation (dynamic equilibrium) can survive and remain capable of growth. This aim can be fulfilled just in learning organizations.

KEY WORDS: Learning organization, organizational commitment, nursing managers