The Emotional Intelligence and Organizational Commitment of Clinical Nurses according to Their Coaching Types

Abstract

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate emotional intelligence and organizational commitment according to the coaching types of clinical nurses. Methods: The subject were 195 clinical nurses. Data collected from September 22 to October 10, 2014. Collected data were analyzed with χ2 test, Fisher’s exact test, Kruskal-Wallis test, ANCOVA and Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient analysis. Results: As for the distribution of coaching types among the participants, the friendly type consisted of 116 participants (59.5%), a social type consisted of 31 participants (15.9%), commanding type consisted of 25 participants (12.8%) and the analytical type consisted of 23 participants (11.8%). Differences in general characteristics according to coaching types were statistically significant in age, marital status, job experience and current job position. There were statistically significant difference in emotional intelligence, regulation of emotion, use of emotion, emotional commitment and normative commitment according to coaching type. There were significant correlation between emotional intelligence and organizational commitment of coaching types excluding the commanding type. Conclusions: These findings suggest that in order to higher levels of emotional intelligence and organizational commitment of clinical nurses, it is necessary to understand the coaching type of individual clinical nurses and to develop and implement systematic programs for efficient personnel management to attain. Key words: Coaching types, Emotional intelligence, Organizational commitment