The relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment in healthcare workers

In addition to scientific developments and technological innovations, the human factor is of great importance in order to provide services effectively in the health sector. The loyalty of the employees to the institution is related to their high job satisfaction. For this reason, job satisfaction plays an important role in organizations. It is thought that when the satisfaction of the employee is high, his organizational commitment will also increase. Thus, the organization will have a rising momentum in the competitive environment. With the increase in competition, it is of great importance for job satisfaction that employees feel psychologically ready for work from the work environment, physical conditions. Providing positive support to people in both respects positively affects job satisfaction. The satisfaction of the employees in the institutions is important in terms of work efficiency and qualified workforce. When institutions lose their qualified workforce, they can get negative results in terms of cost. One of the factors affecting job satisfaction is that it is relative. Job satisfaction is closely related to the direction of the person's expectations. When people do not receive feedback that meets their expectations from the institutions they work for, job dissatisfaction is seen and this causes inefficiency. With this study, it is aimed to reveal the relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment of health workers. At the same time, it is expected that this study will contribute to the literature on the creation of job satisfaction and organizational commitment of healthcare professionals in today's conditions. For this reason, first of all, the concepts of job satisfaction and organizational commitment are discussed and the factors affecting these definitions are examined. The study was conducted in Istanbul Arnavutköy State Hospital. In the hospital, where a total of 883 healthcare workers work, sampling was preferred because all the individuals that make up the universe (N: 883) could not be reached. The calculation was made by easy sampling method over the number of universes and the study was applied to 300 people.In the study conducted using the "Job Satisfaction Scale" and the "Organizational Commitment Scale", a high, positive statistically significant relationship was found between the Job Satisfaction Scale score and the Organizational Commitment Scale Emotional Commitment, Attendance Commitment, and Normative Commitment scores.