Study of the Influence of Professional Status on the rganizational Commitment of Healthcare Workers

Abstract

This article proposes a model describing the organizational commitment of public health professionals. It aims to study the effect that the basic profile of healthcare professionals may have on their organizational commitment.

To this end, we developed a research model that includes an explanatory variable related to professional status (doctors and nurses). These two profiles are linked to a dependent variable : organizational commitment, broken down into its three dimensions : affective, normative, and continuance commitment.

Methodologically, we first tested the reliability and feasibility of the organizational commitment measurement scales. Additionally, we employed the Mann-Whitney U test, a non-parametric test used to assess differences between two distributions. Finally, we measured the normality of the data using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov (K-S) test. The study was conducted among 513 public health professionals working in the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region of Morocco.

The results reveal a statistically significant difference between doctors and nurses suggesting that professional status has a notable influence on the level of continuance commitment. For affective and normative commitment, statistical tests do not show significant variation between doctors and nurses. In conclusion, several avenues are proposed to strengthen the engagement of healthcare professionals, notably by encouraging investment in human capital management practices within the healthcare sector.

Key words : Affective, Normative, Continuance, Commitment, health.

Classification JEL: I12

Paper type: Empirical Research