Perceived organizational commitment and job satisfaction among nurses in Albanian public hospitals: A cross-sectional study

Abstract

Context: Organizational commitment and job satisfaction are the widely studied factors in management literature, which are evaluated as the major precursors of employees' performance. There is a lack of focus/research on commitment and job satisfaction studies in public hospital settings in Albania.Objective: The purpose of the study was to describe the nurses' organizational commitment and job satisfaction with regard to different dimensions of the job attributes.Design: It was a cross-sectional study utilizing the Albanian version of the organizational commitment and job satisfaction questionnaire and a demographic questionnaire.Setting: The study was carried out in three regional public hospitals in Albania.Participants: About 400 survey questionnaires were distributed in October till December 2011. Multiple follow-ups yielded 246 statistically usable questionnaires.Statistical analyses: Stepwise regression analysis and one-sample t-test were used to confirm the research hypotheses.Results: The results of the stepwise regression analysis demonstrated that satisfaction of the nurses with nature of the work, salary, and quality of the supervision explained a considerable percent variance in their commitment. However, they were relatively less satisfied with promotion opportunities and coworkers satisfaction.Conclusion: Nature of work, salary satisfaction, and quality supervision are significant predictors of organizational commitment. Yet nurses feel lack of promotion opportunities in public hospitals. Policy makers should provide better promotion opportunities combining intrinsic and extrinsic job rewards.