Organizational commitment of head nurses,
generally, was in a moderate level. Regarding, affective
commitment was in a high level because head nurses
emotional attached to their organizations. Some head
nurses also felt that their organizations were their homes
and they themselves were family members. Normative
commitment was in a moderate level. Some head nurses
reported that they did not feel guilty if they left their
organizations but they were ready to leave whenever
they had a chance. Continuance commitment was
reported in a moderate level. In short, although head
nurses already put a lot of effort in their organizations,
it could not guarantee that they would not consider
finding a new job. In reality, head nurses’ opportunity
to get a new job was still available. So, these made
head nurses’ organizational commitment be in a
moderate level. This part of the present study was in
line with the study of Anchalee Magbunsong(27) that
organizational commitment of head nurses at the
regional hospitals and general hospital under the
Ministry of Public Health was in a moderate level.
Manee Taworntaweewong(28) who studied the
organizational commitment of personnel responsibility
for health services in municipal health centers in
Bangkok found relationship between job characteristics
and organizational commitment.