The relationship between religious beliefs and organizational commitment among nurses in teaching hospitals of Yazd
Tārīkh-i pizishkī i.e., Medical History,
Vol. 7 No. 25 (1394),
23 May 2016
,
Page 185-205
https://doi.org/10.22037/mhj.v7i25.13602
Abstract
Background: Organizational commitment is defined as the accepting of organizational values and trying to operate them. Many factors can affect the organizational commitment. This study examined the relationship between religious beliefs and organizational commitment among nurses in teaching hospitals of Yazd.
Method: This analytical and applied research was done through cross-sectional method during 2012-2013. A total of 241 nurses from 2 hospitals of Yazd city (Shahid Sadoughi and Shahid Rahnemoon) contributed in the study. Required data was gathered by 2 valid questionnaires including Golriz Baraheni's religious beliefs and Allen & Meyer's organizational commitment questionnaires. Data analysis was done by using SPSS 19 and trough descriptive statistics, T-Test and Pearson's correlation coefficient.
Results: The mean of religious beliefs among studied group was 79.20±10.55. Also, 97.5% of them were rated as excellent and good with regard to religious beliefs situation. The means of organizational commitment and its 3 dimensions including affective, continuance and normative commitment were calculated as 46.32±12.11, 17.88±5.07, 12.73±6.02, 16.13±4.39, respectively. Also, religious beliefs had the statistical positive correlation with organizational commitment (p=0.00) and its dimensions including affective commitment (p=0.05), continuance commitment (p=0.02) and normative commitment (p=0.00).
Conclusion: Based on the findings, hospitals are able to improve their employees' organizational commitment trough developing of spiritual environment and deepening of religious beliefs which will lead to organizational performance improvement.
Please cite this article as:
Bahrami, MA. Ghasemipanah, F. Montazeralfaraj, R. Dehghani Tafti, A. Chamanara, K. Entezarian Ardekani, S. Barati, O. (2016). The relationship between religious beliefs and organizational commitment among nurses in teaching hospitals of Yazd. J Med History. 7(25): 185-207.
- Religious Beliefs, Organizational Commitment, Affective Commitment, Continuance Commitment, Normative Commitment
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