Impact of Leader-Member Exchange and Team-Member Exchange on Nurses’ Organizational Commitment in Mainland China

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Background: It was widely agreed that organizational commitment was an important determinant of work outcomes. The quality of the social exchange relationship was one of the influencing factors of employee organizational commitment. Leader-member exchange and team-member exchange were important concepts of the social exchange relationship, and the impact of the qualities of leader-member exchange and team-member exchange on organizational commitment of nurses was an issue that had been inadequately explored. Purpose: This study aimed to determine the relationship between the leader-member exchange, team-member exchange and nurses’ organizational commitment. Methods: A descriptive correlational research design was conducted. All nurses working in the two hospitals were included in the study (N=375). The measurements used included a questionnaire on the leader-member exchange, team-member exchange and organizational commitment, and a sociodemographic datasheet. Descriptive statistics was used to analyze and explain the personal profile of the respondents. Moreover, inferential statistics was used to test variables and to test hypotheses at a significant level .05.

Results: The positive significant correlations between the leader-member exchange, team-member exchange and nurses’ organizational commitment were identified. Also, the multiple regression among independent variables and dependent variables revealed that approximately 43.5% of the explained variance of organizational commitment was accounted for by leader-member exchange and team-member exchange, and the two variables independently contributed significantly to the prediction of organizational commitment.