The relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment as perceived by healthcare professionals in an acute care military hospital

The purpose of this study was to measure the nature and magnitude of the relationship between job satisfaction and the organizational commitment of healthcare professionals and to determine if personal characteristics, job characteristics, and organizational characteristics of the employees affect this relationship.; Four separate measuring instruments were used for this study to measure job satisfaction and organizational commitment: (a) Hackman-Oldham's Job Diagnostic Survey, (b) Gee-Kilpatrick's Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment Outcomes Survey, (c) Steers' Organizational Commitment Questionnaire, and (d) Gee-Kilpatrick's Demographic Data Questionnaire.; Statistical analysis included (a) simple product-moment correlations, (b) factor analysis, and (c) canonical correlations to assess the relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment as well as between the three variables (job characteristics, personal characteristics, and organizational characteristics) and job satisfaction and organizational responses.; The findings confirmed job satisfaction is significantly and positively related to organizational commitment, and personal, job, and organizational characteristics affect this relationship.