The mediating effect of job satisfaction between emotional intelligence and organisational commitment of nurses: A questionnaire survey

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1625-1635

  Güleryüz, Güldal ^a   Güney, Semra ^a   Aydin, Eren Miski ^a   Aşan, Öznur ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Emotional intelligence; Job satisfaction; Mediating effect; Nursing; Organisational commitment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFLICT; EMOTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; JOB SATISFACTION; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 53549107744     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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