In recent time, organizational trust is an increasingly important
component in determining employee commitment to the organization. The current
study was conducted with the aim to determine the impact of organizational care
on work commitment of healthcare professionals. A cross sectional study was carried
out during the span of February to August 2015 to assess the impact of
organizational care on work commitment amongst healthcare professionals of
tertiary care facilities in Karachi. The study included a sample of 187
healthcare professionals rendering their services in different tertiary care
facilities of Karachi. Descriptive statistics were used to demonstrate
participants’ demographic information and their response to the questionnaire
items. To observe the influence of age, gender, type of organization, job
status and salary on the responses, one way ANOVA was adopted, using p < 0.05 level of significance. Our
findings revealed that mass population (71%) felt honored to be the part of
their organization. 72% opined that in their organization employee got promoted
on the basis of their seniority. 68% of the respondents did not agree that
their work load was manageable and they felt under pressure to perform well.
Only 33% agreed that they were assigned task that provided opportunity to
utilize their knowledge and educational background and their day to day task was
related to their capabilities and skills. Public health professionals’
commitment to their jobs would determine the quality of the service delivery
for their respective communities. This study will assist policy makers to
trigger those factors that increase levels of work commitment among health care
professionals.
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