Table 4. Correlation between nurses’ professional competency and organizational commitment.

Variable	Affective Commitment	Continuance Commitment	Normative Commitment	Total Organizational Commitment
Clinical care	ρ = 0.18 P = 0.007	ρ = -0.03 P = 0.58	ρ = 0.04 P = 0.5	ρ = 0.00 P = 0.93
Leadership	ρ = 0.01 P = 0.84	ρ = -0.04 P = 0.52	ρ = 0.08 P = 0.23	ρ = -0.01 P = 0.85
Interpersonal relationships	ρ = -0.08 P = 0.19	ρ = 0.009 P = 0.89	ρ = 0. 13 P = 0.04	ρ = -0.002 P = 0.97
Legal/ethical practice	ρ = 0.11 P = 0.08	ρ = -0.04 P = 0.53	ρ = 0.06 P = 0.31	ρ = 0.01 P = 0.83
Professional development	ρ = 0.07 P = 0.27	ρ = -0.02 P = 0.66	ρ = 0.18 P = 0.006	ρ = 0.09 P = 0.15
Teaching–coaching	ρ = 0.01 P = 0.82	ρ = -0.003 P = 0.96	ρ = 0.05 P = 0.4	ρ = -0.02 P = 0.68
Research aptitude/ Critical thinking	ρ = 0.06 P = 0.36	ρ = -0.05 P = 0.38	ρ = 0.05 P = 0.41	ρ = -0.01 P = 0.89
Total Professional competency	ρ = 0.06 P = 0.32	ρ = -0.03 P = 0.59	ρ = 0.10 P = 0.1	ρ = 0.02 P = 0.74