Abstract

That hospital organizational culture influences organizational commitment is an assumption implicitly held by many researchers; however, relatively few empirical studies have provided detailed insight into organizational performance by hospital executives. The purpose of this study aims to examine the impact of hospital organizational culture on organizational commitment among hospital nursing executives in Taiwan. The randomly stratified sampling method is used in this study to select 106 hospital’s nursing executives from 24 medical centers in Taiwan. The data is analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation coefficients, and hierarchy regression analysis. A positive relationship between hospital organizational culture and organizational commitment has been reported in this study. Regression analyses also reveal that the total score on hospital organizational culture is a good predictor of organizational commitment. For the three subscales of organizational commitment, only normative commitment and affective commitment were significant. The insights garnered from the study may help nursing executives to develop specific policies to create a more positive hospital organizational culture. Implications and suggestions for future research are provided in the study.

Key words: Hospital organizational culture, organizational commitment, nursing executives.