Effect of organizational commitment and leader-member exchange on ethical decision-making in nurses

Abstract

Objective To explore the effect of organizational commitment and leader-member exchange on ethical decision-making in nurses. Methods 520 nurses were questionnaired by the Chinese Employees′ Organizational Commitment Scale, Leader-Member Exchange Scale and the Ethical Decision-making Scale. Results The total scores of organizational commitment and leader-member exchange and ethical decision-making in nurses were respectively (2.11 ± 0.39), (3.54 ± 0.51), (286.62 ± 20.14) points. Pearson correlation analysis showed that the scores of organizational commitment and leader-member exchange were positively correlated with ethical decision-making (r=0.352-0.464, P< 0.05). Hierarchical regression analysis showed that leader-member exchange, opportunity commitment and affective commitment, economic commitment could explain 35.3% of the total variance of ethical decision-making in nurses. Conclusions The organizational commitment and leader-member exchange are the influencing factors of ethical decision-making in nurses. Key words: Nurses; Organizational commitment; Leader-member exchange; Ethical decision-making