Relation between Nurses' Workplace Ostracism and their Organizational Commitment

Background: Addressing workplace ostracism is essential for promoting a positive workplace, fostering nurses' commitment to the organization, and ultimately enhancing patient care outcomes. Aim of the study: To assess the relationship between nurses’ workplace ostracism and their organizational commitment. Research design: A descriptive correlational design was used. Setting: The study was conducted in all in-patient care units at Tanta University Main Hospital. Subjects: a convenient sample of all (N=911) nurses who were working in previous settings and were available during the time of data collection Tools: Two tools used to collect the data, Nurses' Workplace Ostracism Structured Questionnaire and Organizational Commitment Structured Questionnaire. Results: 28.9% of nurses had a high level of total workplace ostracism, 62.2% of nurses had high level of total organizational commitment, 84% of nurses had moderate level of affective dimension and 76.45% had high level of continuance dimension and 51.5% of them had high level of normative dimensions. Conclusion: There was a negative significant correlation between nurses’ experience of workplace ostracism and their organizational commitment. Recommendations: Provide supportive environment that prevent ostracism in workplace such as reporting system of ostracism, policies that prevent ostracism and supporting systems for ostracism victims.