The relationship between nurses' perceived organizational support and levels of occupational commitment

Aim: This research was conducted to determine the relationship between nurses' perceived organizational support and their levels of occupational commitment. Material and Method: This research was conducted in relational descriptive method. The environment of this study consists of 950 nurses working in Dicle University Research and Training Hospital. No sample selection method was used in the study. The study was conducted with 404 nurses who had been working in the institution for at least six months, who had not been leave during the dates and who agreed to participate in the study voluntarily. The data of the study were collected by the researcher dates between October 2020 and March 2021. The data of the research collected by "Personal Information Form", "Perceived Organizational Support Scale" and "Occupational Commitment in Nursing Scale". Number, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Cronbach Alfa coefficient, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), Duncan multiple comparison (post-hoc) test, Kruskal Wallis test, Mann Whitney test and Correlation analysis were used in the analysis of data. Results: It was found that nurses' who participated the research, average Perceived Organizational Support Scale score was 23.54 ± 6.83 and it was stated that nurses' perceived organizational support was at moderate level. Mean of The Occupational Commitment Scale in Nursing of nurses' who attended the research was calculated as 67.2 ± 12.16 and this shows that nurses had medium level of occupational commitment. It was found statistically a significant correlation between points of Perceived Organizational Support Scale and Occupational Commitment in Nursing Scale at in the positive direction (p<0.05). Conclusion: It was found that the relationship between The Organizational Support level which Nurses' Perceived and Occupational Commitment are at moderate level and when the perceived organizational support level increases, occupational commitment increases. Key Words: Perceived Organizational Support, Nurses, Occupational Commitment.