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What is Hospital Environment

Chapter 6
Handbook of Research on Managerial Solutions in Non-Profit Organizations
The term used for work environment of employees in healthcare. The sum of the elements, factors and conditions in the place of employment involves the physical geographical location as well as the immediate surroundings of the workplace. A positive hospital environment makes employees feel good about coming to work, and provides the motivation to sustain them throughout the day.
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Leaders' Behavior in Association with Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment
Mateja Lorber (University of Maribor, Slovenia), Sonja Treven (University of Maribor, Slovenia), and Damijan Mumel (University of Maribor, Slovenia)
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 23
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0731-4.ch006
Abstract
The achievement of organizational objectives depends on the leadership and leaders' behavior. The study was conducted to examine the relationship between the leaders' behavior, job satisfaction and organizational commitment of employees in nursing in Slovenian hospitals. The differences between individual variables were analyzed with the Mann-Whitney Test, Spearman correlation analysis and the regression analysis. With the leadership style, leaders' characteristics, leaders' emotional intelligence, and teamwork in the unit we can explain 51% of the total variability of nurses' job satisfaction and 84% of organizational commitment. Leaders' behavior has an important component of work and associated with job satisfaction and organizational commitment of employees in nursing. Health care organizations can be successful if the employees are satisfied with their work and have a high level of organizational commitment.
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