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Intellectual Capital and Organizational Effectiveness of Nurses: Comparison of Public and Private Hospitals

간호조직의 지적자본과 조직유효성: 공공병원과 민간병원의 비교

  • Oh, Jeong-Eun (Mokpo National TB Hospital) ;
  • Jeon, Gyeong-Suk (Department of Nursing Science and Research Institute of Women, Mokpo National University and Institute of Health and Environment, Seoul National University) ;
  • Jang, Kwang-Sim (Department of Nursing, Donga College of Health)
  • 오정은 (국립목포병원) ;
  • 전경숙 (목포대학교 간호학과.여성연구소, 서울대학교 보건환경연구소) ;
  • 장광심 (동아보건대학)
  • Received : 2018.05.29
  • Accepted : 2018.06.26
  • Published : 2018.06.30

Abstract

Objectives : This study was conducted to examine the differences in the association of intellectual capital with organizational effectiveness of nursing organizations between public and private hospitals. Methods : A total of 166 nurses (82 of public hospital and 84 of private hospital) were recruited for the survey. Nurses' job satisfaction, organizational commitment, intellectual capital, sociodemographics, work-related factors, and health status were measured. Results : Nurses of public hospitals reported significantly higher scores in human capital, customer capital, job satisfaction, emotional engagement, and transactional commitments than did those of the private hospital. Human capital private and structural capital were significantly associated with nurses' job satisfaction in both public and private hospitals. Customer capital was positively associated with the emotional and transactional commitment in the public hospital, while, structural capital was associated with transactional and normative commitment in the private hospital. Conclusions : We could confirm that the nurses' intellectual capital is important the effectiveness of nursing organizations in both public and private hospitals.

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