The present study aims at exploring the relationship between occupational stress and organizational commitment among nurses in selected Jordanian hospitals, and measuring the level of occupational stress and the level of organizational commitment among nurses in selected Jordanian hospitals in Amman. The research population consisted of two governmental teaching hospitals, and a systematic random sample of 150 nursing personnel was selected. A self-administered questionnaire was used for collecting data for this study. The questionnaire was developed by the researcher based on pertinent literature. It includes two main parts; one of them is the occupational stress (sources of work pressure, health information, and coping strategies), the other one is the organizational commitment. The findings of the present study revealed that occupational stress is present among thirty percent of the nurses; and forty percent of the nurses had organizational commitment. The study also reveals that the organizational commitment is statistically significantly negatively correlated to occupational stress (P = 0.025, r =-0.18). Based on the findings of the present study, the following recommendations are proposed: healthcare organizations should identify factors that contribute to sources of work stress and identify the various conditions that bring staff into the work using appropriate coping strategies and providing clear and specific job description, flexible work schedules, fair treatment and regular meeting between supervisors and their staff nurses to discuss and solve their problem. Both nurses and nurse managers must be willing to work together to develop a climate of mutual trust that fosters a genuine commitment to organizational goals, to provide quality patient care.

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The present study aims at exploring the relationship between occupational stress and organizational commitment among nurses in selected Jordanian hospitals, and measuring the level of occupational stress and the level of organizational commitment among nurses in selected Jordanian hospitals in Amman. The research population consisted of two governmental teaching hospitals, and a systematic random sample of 150 nursing personnel was selected. A self-administered questionnaire was used for collecting data for this study. The questionnaire was developed by the researcher based on pertinent literature. It includes two main parts; one of them is the occupational stress (sources of work pressure, health information, and coping strategies), the other one is the organizational commitment. The findings of the present study revealed that occupational stress is present among thirty percent of the nurses; and forty percent of the nurses had organizational commitment. The study also reveals that the organizational commitment is statistically significantly negatively correlated to occupational stress (P = 0.025, r = -0.18). Based on the previous findings relevant recommendations were made. هدفت هذه الدراسة إلى استكشاف العلاقة بين الضغوط المهنية والالتزام التنظيمي، بالإضافة إلى قياس مستوى الضغوط المهنية ومستوى الالتزام التنظيمي لدى الممرضين في المستشفيات الأردنية في مدينة عمان. وقد تألف مجتمع الدراسة من مستشفيين حكوميين تعليميين، وتم اختيار عينة عشوائية منتظمة تألفت من (150) مبحوثا. واعتمدت الاستبانة كأداة لجمع بيانات الدراسة ، حيث طورت الاستبانة بالاعتماد على الأدبيات الإدارية، وقد احتوت على جزأين رئيسيين: تناول احدهما الضغوط المهنية (مصادر ضغط العمل، والمعلومات الصحية، واستراتيجيات التكيف) ، في حين تناول الجزء الأخر الالتزام التنظيمي. وأظهرت نتائج الدراسة أن هناك ضغوط مهنية لدى (30%) من الممرضين، كما أن (40%) من الممرضين لديهم التزام تنظيمي، كما أظهرت الدراسة أن هناك علاقة عكسية ضعيفة ذات دلالة إحصائية بين الالتزام التنظيمي والضغوط المهنية(P=0.025, r= -0.18). وبناء على النتائج قدمت الدراسة عددا من التوصيات ذات العلاقة بموضوعها.

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