Psychological Empowerment and Organizational Commitment among Nurses

Background- Psychological empowerment plays an important role in behavioral, emotional and cognitive constructs, such as Job Satisfaction and organizational citizenship behavior. Aim- The study aimed to identify the relationships between Psychological Empowerment and Organizational Commitment among nurses.Methods and Materials - A cross-sectional, descriptive and correlational study design carried out in a period from 5^th of September/2017 till 30^th of May/2018 at five Public Hospitals in Mosul/Iraq. Non-probability sampling technique and accidental sampling method depended to select the sample of the study, which accounted for (317) nurse. Two instruments were used to collect data via an interview method with each subject “Psychological Empowerment Questionnaire and Organizational Commitment Questionnaire”. The findings of the study presented by mean, standard deviation, while the relationships among variables presented through stepwise regression.Results- Total PE and its domains had significant relations to total OC and its Affective and Normative domains.