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  • Occupational Health
  • Healthcare Management

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  • Affective organizational commitment (AOC) is crucial for employee well-being.
  • Understanding the multilevel nature of AOC is essential in healthcare settings.
  • Previous research has primarily focused on individual-level AOC.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the relationship between group-level affective organizational commitment (AOC) and individual employee outcomes.
  • To investigate the mediating role of individual-level AOC in these relationships.
  • To assess the impact of group-level AOC on psychological well-being, sickness absence, and sleep disturbances.

Main Methods:

  • A longitudinal study involving 5085 care workers across 301 workgroups in Danish eldercare services.
  • Data collected at two time points (T1: 2005, T2: 2006).
  • Multilevel regression analyses (linear, Poisson, logistic) were employed to analyze the data.

Main Results:

  • Group-level AOC at T1 significantly predicted psychological well-being, sickness absence, and sleep disturbances at T2.
  • Individual-level AOC fully mediated the association between group-level AOC and psychological well-being.
  • Individual-level AOC partially mediated the associations between group-level AOC and sickness absence/sleep disturbances.

Conclusions:

  • Group-level affective organizational commitment is a significant predictor of employee well-being in healthcare.
  • Interventions aimed at enhancing group-level AOC may improve employee health outcomes.
  • The findings underscore the importance of considering both group and individual levels of commitment in organizational health research.