Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment among Nurses in a Public Hospital in Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Nurses play a fundamental role in the delivery of health care internationally. On the other hand, the job satisfaction and organizational commitment of health care workers, including nurses, are closely connected to the productivity and quality of care provided by health care institutions. The aims of the present study are to explore the level of both job satisfaction and organizational commitment, explore the relationship between them, and examine the impact of sociodemographic key variables (age, gender, education level, years of experience, and monthly salary) on them among nurses in a public hospital in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. A cross-sectional descriptive co-relation design was used in this study. A systemic random sample size of 382 was selected, and the questionnaires were distributed among them. Only 337 participants were included in the study, as the other 45 respondents had incomplete data. Statistical analyses, including descriptive, correlation, t-test, ANOVA, and regression analysis, were carried out using SPSS V22.0. The findings of the study revealed that most nurses have moderate levels of job satisfaction and organizational commitment. They also revealed a strong correlation between job satisfaction and organizational commitment. In addition, they demonstrated that job satisfaction was positively related to some personal factors, including being male, being of a non-Saudi nationality, and being older, but negatively related to having a higher monthly salary. while organizational commitment was positively related to only older age and non-Saudi nationality. Further more,the study found that both age and monthly salary were significant predictors of overall job satisfaction, while only age was a significant predictor of overall organizational commitment.