Level of Organizational Commitment and its Predictors Among Nurses Working at Public Hospital Medical Colleges in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
No Thumbnail Available
Date
2024-09-11
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
A.A.U
Abstract
Organizational commitment among nurses working in the healthcare system is a critical job attitude that affects the overall success, effectiveness, and quality of healthcare. There is a dearth of evidence regarding the degree of commitment of nurses and the potential predictors that can affect their organizational commitment. This study assessed the level of organizational commitment and its predictors among nurses working at public hospital medical colleges in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 2024. A cross-sectional study with both descriptive and analytic components was conducted among 411 randomly selected nurses working at public hospital medical colleges in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The widely recommended 20-item organizational commitment scale was used in this study. T-test, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and Pearson’s correlation analysis were used to investigate the relationships or associations between the individual independent and dependent variables. After checking the statistical assumptions, multiple linear regression was used to fit the final model and identify the predictors. A p-value < 0.05 was used to declare statistical significance. A total of 411 nurses participated in the study. Females comprised 51.8%, and the mean (+ standard deviation) age was 30.6 (+5.5) years. In this study, the mean global score of the organizational commitment of nurses was 62.9 (standard deviation = 13.6), with a minimum and maximum score of 21 and 99, respectively. Four factors were identified as predictors of the overall organizational commitment scores of nurses: job satisfaction, relationship with colleagues or coworkers, perceived organization support, and age. among nurses working in the hospital medical colleges in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Among nurses working in the hospital medical colleges in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the overall organizational commitment mean score was inadequate. The key predictors of the organizational commitment of nurses are the nurses’ job satisfaction level, relationship with colleagues, level of perceived organizational support, and age. Enhancing the job satisfaction, perceived organizational support, and relationship among the coworkers would be strategies that can improve the organizational commitment of the nurses.
Key words: organizational commitment, medical college, nurse, predictors, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia