Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty Of Nursing - Department Of Nursing Services Administration

Nurse administrators are exposed to high job demands and to various related stressorsThey work under daily pressure to meet and solve professional challengesActually , these stressors might increase the occupational stress of nurse administrators to a level that destroys their commitmentThe aim of this study was to examine the relationship between occupational stress and nurse administrators' organizational commitmentThe study was conducted at 17 hospitals belonging to four different health care sectors ; University Hospitals , Health Insurance Hospitals , Ministry of Health Hospitals and Private HospitalsThe sample included 376 nurses in different managerial positions , chosen randomlyTo collect relevant data , three tools were used : Demographic data sheet , The Modified Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) by Maslach and Jackson , (1982) , was used to collect data about stress levels and modified and used by (Mahgoub and Abd El - Hamid , 1991) , and The Modified Organizational Commitment Questionnaire developed by Cook and Wall , (1980) , and modified by O'Reilly and Chatman , (1986) and Eisenberger , et al (1986) and modified and used by (El - Molla and Fikry , 1999) The study revealed a highly statistically significant negative relationship between occupational stress and nurse administrators' commitmentOlder nurse administrators , more experienced , and those working in top and middle managerial positions had low stress and more commitment to their organizationsThe study recommended that , To lessen stress , nurse administrators chosen to assume managerial positions especially head nurses should have refreshing management course and good orientation through egjob description , organization stress and stress management techniques prior to appointmentHospitals' organization decision - makers should pay attention to alleviate organizational factors causing stress within their organizations such as : unwritten job description , role ambiguity , and absence of employees professional development and rewardsStress management techniques should be tangent to nurse managers and administrators

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