Selected predictors of organizational commitment among nurses, in divisional hospitals, the Republic of Fiji

Abstract: Introduction: As demand for nurses outweighs supply, employers need to ascertain factors that will make their nurses committed to the organization to retain them, as recruitment is a costly exercise. This the descriptive predictive study aimed to explore the level of organizational commitment and determine how job satisfaction, perceived organizational support and transformational leadership influence this.
Method: The sample included 348 nurses selected from 3 divisional hospitals in The Republic of Fiji. Random
proportional stratified sampling was used. Research instruments included Organizational Commitment
Questionnaire, Survey of Organizational Support Scale and the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire.
Descriptive and Inferential Statistics were used to analyze the data.
Results: The overall response rate was 70%. The majority of participants 223(91%) were females and 21(9%)
were male. The level of organizational commitment was high (×= 5.11, SD =0.83). The selected predictors
explained 10% of the variability of nurse’s organizational commitment where organizational support (β = .22)
was the strongest predictor, job satisfaction (β = .17), and transformational leadership (β = -.02) the least
strong predictor.
Key Words: Organizational Commitment, Job Satisfaction, Perceived Organizational Support,
Transformational Leadership, Divisional Hospitals, and Nurses.