Open AccessImpact of Organizational Commitment on Intention to Quit Among Psychaitric Nurses: Evidence from Pakistan
Author(s) -
Kashifa Yasmin,
Najib Ahmad Marzuki
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of learning and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2164-4063
DOI - 10.5296/ijld.v5i4.8734
Subject(s) - organizational commitment , casual , psychology , government (linguistics) , normative , structural equation modeling , turnover intention , economic shortage , burnout , nursing , turnover , developing country , social psychology , medicine , clinical psychology , management , political science , economic growth , linguistics , philosophy , statistics , mathematics , law , economics
Shortage of the nurses is an important issue in the developing and developed countries. The aim of this paper is to determine the impact of organizational commitment on intention to quit among psychiatric nurses. Based on the model of casual turnover this study assessed the direct effect of organizational commitment on nurse’s intention to quit. The cross sectional data was collected from three hundred five nurses of psychiatric hospitals in Punjab, Pakistan. Structural equation modeling was applied to achieve the objectives. The results revealed that affective commitment and normative commitment have significant impact while continuous commitment has not significant effect on nurse’s intention to quit. So, the commitment of nurse to hospital goals, missions, and values is not enough to predict her intention to quit from job in the hospital. This study recommends that, the government and policy makers should look beyond forces in their internal and external environment, when considering how to reduce employee’s turnover intentions. This study recommends that future researchers should examine the impact of work environment on intention to quit though burnout as a unit variable. This study contributes socially and economically.