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Published in: BMC Health Services Research 1/2010

Open Access 01-12-2010 | Research article

Exploring the impact of mentoring functions on job satisfaction and organizational commitment of new staff nurses

Authors: Rhay-Hung Weng, Ching-Yuan Huang, Wen-Chen Tsai, Li-Yu Chang, Syr-En Lin, Mei-Ying Lee

Published in: BMC Health Services Research | Issue 1/2010

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Abstract

Background

Although previous studies proved that the implementation of mentoring program is beneficial for enhancing the nursing skills and attitudes, few researchers devoted to exploring the impact of mentoring functions on job satisfaction and organizational commitment of new nurses. In this research we aimed at examining the effects of mentoring functions on the job satisfaction and organizational commitment of new nurses in Taiwan's hospitals.

Methods

We employed self-administered questionnaires to collect research data and select new nurses from three regional hospitals as samples in Taiwan. In all, 306 nurse samples were obtained. We adopted a multiple regression analysis to test the impact of the mentoring functions.

Results

Results revealed that career development and role modeling functions have positive effects on the job satisfaction and organizational commitment of new nurses; however, the psychosocial support function was incapable of providing adequate explanation for these work outcomes.

Conclusion

It is suggested in this study that nurse managers should improve the career development and role modeling functions of mentoring in order to enhance the job satisfaction and organizational commitment of new nurses.
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Metadata
Title
Exploring the impact of mentoring functions on job satisfaction and organizational commitment of new staff nurses
Authors
Rhay-Hung Weng
Ching-Yuan Huang
Wen-Chen Tsai
Li-Yu Chang
Syr-En Lin
Mei-Ying Lee
Publication date
01-12-2010
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Health Services Research / Issue 1/2010
Electronic ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-10-240

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