Moderating Role of Job Satisfaction on Organizational Climate and Professional Identity in Nurses: A Multicenter...

Area of Science:

• Nursing
• Healthcare Management
• Organizational Psychology

Background:

• Organizational climate significantly influences nurses' professional identity, crucial for addressing postpandemic nursing shortages.
• The moderating role of job satisfaction in this relationship is understudied in Chinese tertiary hospitals.

Purpose of the Study:

• To investigate the association between organizational climate and nurses' professional identity.
• To examine the moderating effect of job satisfaction on this association, guided by the Job Demands-Resources framework and Person-Environment Fit Theory.

Main Methods:

• A multicenter cross-sectional study involving 580 nurses in five tertiary hospitals.
• Data collected using the Nurse Organizational Climate Scale, Nurse Professional Identity Rating Scale, and Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (Short-Form).
• Statistical analysis included Spearman's rank correlation and hierarchical linear regression to test the moderation model.

Main Results:

• Nurses reported a moderate level of professional identity (median score: 109.0).
• A significant positive correlation was found between organizational climate and professional identity (r=0.681, p<0.001).
• Job satisfaction positively moderated this association (β=0.086, p<0.01), strengthening the link between climate and identity.

Conclusions:

• Organizational climate positively impacts nurses' professional identity, with job satisfaction playing a significant moderating role.
• Interventions should adopt a dual strategy: optimizing the organizational climate and enhancing nurses' job satisfaction to bolster professional identity and mitigate workforce shortages.