Table 4.

Results of multiple regression analysis^a (n = 306)

Variable	Job Satisfaction				Organizational Commitment
	Model 1		Model 2		Model 1		Model 2
	β	Std. Error	β	Std. Error	β	Std. Error	β	Std. Error
Sample Source
Hospital A(R)
Hospital B	-0.22***	0.09	-0.17***	0.08	-0.27***	0.10	-0.23***	0.09
Hospital C	-0.08	0.09	-0.04	0.07	-0.11	0.10	-0.08	0.09
Age	0.13	0.01	0.09	0.01	0.20***	0.01	0.17***	0.01
Gender
Female(R)
Male	0.00	0.25	-0.03	0.22	-0.01	0.27	-0.03	0.25
Education level
AA and lower(R)
BS or higher	0.01	0.07	0.02	0.06	-0.05	0.08	-0.04	0.07
Nursing experience
< 3 mo(R)
4-6 mo	-0.12	0.14	-0.05	0.12	-0.17**	0.16	-0.12	0.14
7-12 mo	-0.12	0.15	-0.07	0.13	-0.16**	0.16	-0.12	0.14
1 to 2 yr	-0.19**	0.12	-0.09	0.10	-0.34***	0.13	-0.25***	0.12
2 to 3 yr	-0.14	0.15	-0.08	0.13	-0.22***	0.17	-0.17***	0.15
> 3yr	-0.31***	0.14	-0.11	0.12	-0.45***	0.15	-0.28***	0.14
Mentor's nursing ladder
Level I(R)
Level II	-0.03	0.13	0.02	0.11	-0.01	0.14	0.04	0.13
Level III	0.14	0.12	0.12	0.10	0.14	0.13	0.13	0.12
Level IV	0.08	0.12	0.07	0.11	0.06	0.13	0.06	0.12
Level V	-0.01	0.19	0.00	0.17	0.03	0.21	0.04	0.19
Mentoring period (Mo)	-0.06	0.01	-0.06	0.01	-0.03	0.01	-0.03	0.01
Mentor had been trained for mentoring
No(R)
Yes	-0.04	0.16	-0.04	0.14	-0.19	0.18	-0.19	0.16
Unknown	-0.11	0.17	-0.05	0.15	-0.22	0.19	-0.16	0.17
Mentor had the experience of mentoring
No(R)
Yes	0.11	0.17	-0.02	0.15	0.25**	0.19	0.14	0.17
Unknown	0.10	0.19	0.02	0.17	0.24**	0.21	0.18	0.19
Frequency of interacting with the mentor	0.23***	0.04	-0.02	0.04	0.21***	0.04	0.00	0.04
Mentoring function
Role modeling			0.31***	0.06			0.26***	0.07
Career development			0.30***	0.06			0.28***	0.07
Psychosocial support			0.05	0.05			0.03	0.06
R2	0.15		0.39		0.18		0.36
Adj.R2	0.09		0.34		0.12		0.30
F Change	2.47***		36.81***		3.13***		25.55***

^a Standardized regression coefficients are shown in the table

** p < .05; *** p <.01;^(R) reference group