Mahdavi M, Arab M, Mahmoudi M, Fayazbakhsh A, Akbari F. Organizational Commitment and Intention to Leave among Hospitals’ Employees in Tehran Hospitals . jhosp 2014; 12 (4) :19-29
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1- , Institute of Health Policy & Management, Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2- Management and Health Economic Department , School of Public Health and Institute of Public Health Research, , Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3- , School of Public Health and Institute of Public Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4- Health Services Management and Health Economic Department , School of Public Health and Institute of Public Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
5- Health Service Management and Health Economic Department, School of Public Health and Institute of Public Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Emaile: Fakbarih@sina.tums.ac.ir
Abstract: (19691 Views)
Background: This study is aimed to compare organizational commitment and intention to leave among employees in Teheran`s hospitals.
Materials and Methods: In this survey 3 hospitals with different ownership`s type were examined included: A public hospital, a hospital owned by Social Security Organization, and a private hospital. The data were collected by distributing 450, questionnaires among 450 employees, which were randomly chosen.
Results: Among all studied subjects few employees allocated high score of organizational commitment to themselves .This average rate is nearly 20%. Committed employees were impressively low in the Social Security hospitals compared to others. Comparing intention to leave indicate revealed the Public hospital`s employees have lowest scores among all subjects. There is a statistical significant correlation between commitment`s components and intention to leave.
Conclusion: Generally the majority of employees have average and low organizational commitment. Employees with high level of commitment and high level of intention to leave make a small proportion of all hospital employees. Social security hospitals must be taken into consideration due to the levels of commitment and intention to leave.
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سایر Received: 2013/04/27 | Accepted: 2013/09/2 | Published: 2014/03/14