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Individuals may progress through distinct career stages, each with distinct work attitudes and behavior. The present study investigates the relationship among career stages, work attitudes (commitment in organization and profession), and work behaviors (withdrawal behavior, in-role behavior, and organizational citizenship behavior) in nursing, The rate of usable returned questionnaires is 36.4%. Through the analysis of descriptive stastistics, correlation, ANOVA, and path analysis, the present study finds that: 1.The married nurses have higher work attitudes (affective and normative commitment )and work behaviors than unmarried. 2.The nurses in late career stage have higher work attitudes and behaviors than those in early career stage. 3.Career stage based on age has positive impact on normative commitment in organization, affective and normative commitment in profession. 4.Career stage based on professional tenure has no effect on organizational commitment and professional commitment. 5.Affective commitment in organization, affective and normative commitment in profession have negative impact on withdrawal behavior. 6.All the dimensions of organizational commitment have no effect on in-rold behavior; affective and continuance commitments in profession have positive impact on in-role behavior; but normative commitment in profession has negative impact on in-role behavior. 7.Normative commitment in organization and affective commitment in profession have positives impact on OCB.
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