Nurse migration: Job satisfaction and organizational commitment among nurses in the Caribbean

Pages: 213-216
David Bennett and Roquel Hylton (School of Business and Management, University of the Commonwealth Caribbean)

With a dramatic increase in the shortage of nurses in the Caribbean, the issue of organizational commitment is very imperative for retaining these nurses. This paper attempts to determine the relationship between the predictability in organizational commitment in terms of the components of job satisfaction including extrinsic and intrinsic satisfaction among nurses working in a healthcare facility/hospital in the Caribbean. Data were collected from 100 nurses in two public multi-disciplinary hospitals in the Caribbean, using a self administered questionnaire. The sampling technique used for the study was convenience sampling. The questionnaire used in the study had three sections: A Personal Data Form, Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ), and Klein Unidimensional Targetfree (KUT) scale. The Person Data Form component of the survey consisted of characteristics such as gender, level of education, and years working at the hospital (duration of work). In the study there was a stronger positive correlation between the extrinsic satisfaction components for nurses and organizational commitment, rs (100) = 0.644 p < .01, than the intrinsic satisfaction components of job satisfaction for nurses and organizational commitment, rs (100) =0.403, p < 0.01. The findings of this study should assist hospital managers/leaders to examine these factors in nursing practice to achieve a higher level of retention among Caribbean nurses.