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Organisational Commitment in Healthcare Systems: A Bibliometric Analysis
Carlos de Las Heras-Rosas1, Juan Herrera1, Mercedes Rodríguez-Fernández1
1Department of Economics and Business Administration, Universidad de Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain.
Summary
Organizational commitment is crucial for healthcare institutions facing staff shortages and burnout. Research shows growing interest in human resource management, particularly concerning nursing staff, job satisfaction, and burnout.
Area of Science:
- Healthcare Management
- Organizational Psychology
- Bibliometrics
Background:
- Healthcare organizations face intense pressure for sustainability and competitiveness.
- Human resource management is critical due to staff shortages, burnout, and job dissatisfaction impacting patient care.
- Organizational commitment is a key strategy to address these human resource challenges.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze research trends in organizational commitment within healthcare institutions.
- To identify key research areas and gaps in the literature.
- To provide insights for healthcare managers and future research.
Main Methods:
- Bibliometric analysis of 448 publications from 1992-2020.
- Indexed in Web of Science journals.
- Focus on identifying research trends and topics.
Main Results:
- A growing research interest in organizational commitment and HR management in healthcare.
- Nursing staff, job satisfaction, stress, turnover, burnout, and retention are primary research foci.
- Emerging topics include workplace empowerment, service quality, and performance.
Conclusions:
- Significant research exists on nursing staff commitment, but gaps remain for other healthcare professionals like doctors and administrative staff.
- Further research is needed on the psychological contract and its relation to normative organizational commitment.
- Findings support healthcare managers in HR decision-making and guide future research directions.
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