Background: Organizational climate of work environment has a major impact on the faculty
behavior, and have positive or negative influence on nurse educator's organizational
commitment and job satisfaction.Aِim: The present study was conducted to determine the
relationship between organizational climate and nurse educator's organizational commitment
and job satisfaction at Faculty of Nursing Zagazig University and suggest strategic plan for
improvement. Research design: A non-experimental descriptive co-relational design was
used in the present study was utilized. Setting: The study was conducted at the Faculty of
Nursing Zagazig University. Sample: Subjects of this study included all nurse educators
(lecturers, assistant lecturers, and demonstrators) their total number was 75 nurse educators.
Tool: Questionnaire sheet composed of four parts were used for data collection; personal
characteristics sheet, and three standardized tools (organizational climate, organizational
commitment and job satisfaction questionnaires. 44, 18, & 63 items respectively) developed
by Borrevik (1972); Meyer and Allen (1993) in: Gormley (2005); and Ahmed (2007)
respectively. Results: The study results revealed that among organizational climate, the
majority (80.0%) of nurse's educators reported that total organizational climate was moderate.
60.0% of nurse educators reported high organizational climate consideration, followed by
52.0%of nurse educators reported high organizational climate intimacy. regarding
organizational commitment, the highest percentage (72.0%) of nurse educators had high level
of organizational commitment as 78.7%, 76.0% and 56.0% of nurse educators had high level
of continuance commitment, affective and normative commitment respectively. Considering
job satisfaction, the majority (78.7%) of nurse educators reported that total job satisfaction
was moderate. Highly significant correlations were found between total organizational
climate and nurse educators' organizational commitment and job satisfaction. Conclusion:
most of nurse educators reported that total organizational climate was moderate and they had
a high level of organizational commitment, and moderate level of job satisfaction. The results
of the study also indicated that highly significant correlations were detected between total
organizational climate and nurse educator's organizational commitment and job satisfaction.
Recommendations: the study finding suggested a strategic plan that should be implemented
to enhance strong points and improve weak points for increasing nurse educators'
commitment and their job satisfaction.