Relationship of Perceived Organizational Support and Corporate Culture with Organizational Commitment among Nurses in Private and Public Hospitals

In today’s competitive world and tendency of organizations toward privatization, the role of involvement and commitment of staff is more vital, and in health organizations, taking nurses into account is of much higher importance. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the relationship of perceived organizational support and corporate culture with organizational commitment among nurses employed in selected public and private hospitals in Isfahan, Iran. This was a comparative-correlational study. The study population composed of nurses employed in public and private hospitals. The sample size was estimated to be 200 and subjects were selected through simple random sampling method. The data collection tools were questionnaire of “perceived organizational support”, “corporate culture” and “organizational commitment”. The validity of the questionnaires were confirmed by psychology experts and professionals and their reliability were calculated using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient and were obtained 0.91 for perceived organizational support questionnaire, 0.84 for corporate culture questionnaire and 0.75 for organizational commitment. The study was conducted in four private and four public hospitals of Isfahan in 2010. Descriptive and referential analysis of the data was provided using SPSS software. The findings indicated that there was a significant and positive relationship among perceived organizational support and corporate culture with most dimensions of commitment in both public and private sectors (P < 0.05). In addition, the results showed that there was a significant difference among the perceived organizational support and all the dimensions of commitment between private and public sectors (P < 0.01). However, there was no significant difference regarding corporate culture of these two sectors. According to the findings, by increased perceived organizational support and corporate culture and commitment in private sectors, it is expected that performance and quality of care will be improved