Building organizational commitment of Asian nurses in the United States

J Nurs Adm. 2008 Jan;38(1):8-10. doi: 10.1097/01.NNA.0000295633.80345.74.

Abstract

Fostering nurses' organizational commitment is important. However, antecedents of commitment among Asian nurses may differ from those for native nurses in Western countries. The authors analyze organizational commitment and suggest that healthcare administrators become familiar with the differences between collectivist and individualistic cultural outlooks in order to help Asian nurses adapt to new environments more quickly and smoothly.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acculturation
  • Adaptation, Psychological
  • Affect
  • Asia / ethnology
  • Attitude of Health Personnel / ethnology*
  • Communication Barriers
  • Cultural Diversity
  • Education, Nursing, Continuing
  • Foreign Professional Personnel / education
  • Foreign Professional Personnel / psychology*
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • Helping Behavior
  • Humans
  • Individuality
  • Interprofessional Relations
  • Nurse Administrators / organization & administration
  • Nurse Administrators / psychology*
  • Nursing Staff, Hospital / education
  • Nursing Staff, Hospital / psychology*
  • Personnel Loyalty*
  • Self-Assessment
  • Social Identification
  • Social Support
  • Social Values
  • Trust
  • United States