Organizational Commitment versus Job Satisfaction among Staff Nurses

Abstract

ommitment is a psychological attachment to and identification with the organization/occupation. Attachment to values, individual, object or organization results from identification with the attitudes, values, or goals of the model. That is, some of the attributes, motives, or characteristics of the model are accepted by the individual and become incorporated into the cognitive response set of the individual (Saleh R.K., 2016). The commitment is characterized by the strong desire to maintain membership of an organization, which plays a positive role in retention of members in the organization (Mowday and Steers, 2006). Organizational commitment reflects the loyalty of an employee towards organization (Ghorbanhosseini, 2012). The degree of attachment to an organization and is characterized by valuing the shared benefits held between an employee and organization. Moreover, organizational commitment as a desire to maintain the affiliation with an organization and is reflected through the willingness to exert high level of effort to achieve organizational goals (Rae, 2013). Job satisfaction is significant because a staff nurse's attitudes and beliefs may affect his or her behavior. Attitudes and beliefs may push the staff nurse to work harder, or, the