Variables related to organizational commitment in health professionals

Three measures of organizational commitment were related to scores from the Multidimensional Job Satisfaction Scale in a sample of 1121 health professionals to ascertain the organizational factors which were associated with commitment. Opportunity for personal growth or self-actualization and physical working conditions were related to all three forms of commitment. Affective and Normative Commitment were also enhanced in organizations with promotion systems perceived as fair. Organizational groups which also had satisfactory pay scales and supervisors perceived as possessing positive job-related skills had enhanced Affective Commitment; the presence of coworkers with positive attributes was related to Normative Commitment and high opportunities for promotion to Continuance Commitment.