The relationship between the quality of worklife and organizational commitment among personnel of emergency medical services
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Hojat Sheykhbardsiri , Mohsen Amini zadeh * , Leyla Vali , Mehdi Ali esmaeli , Ghasem Amini zadeh , Abass Amini zadeh1  |
1- کارشناسی ارشد مدیریت ورزشی، اداره کل ورزش و جوانان استان کرمان، کرمان |
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Introduction: Nowadays, organizational commitment titles a universal concept in stage of human
resource management and organizational development. Promotion of organizational commitment is the
basic key in success of management of any organization. This study aimed to examine the relationship
between the quality of work and organizational commitment of personnel in Emergency Medical Systems
affiliated to the Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
Method: In this descriptive analytic study, 200 participants were selected randomly in accordance with
the table of Morgan in 2011. Bolton quality of worklife questionnaire with 20 question and four
components and Meyer and Allen organizational commitment questionnaire with 24 question and 3
components were used. Spearman correlation coefficient and Friedman tests used for statistical analysis.
Results: Among quality of worklife factors, the opportunities to develop skills and continuous learning
component had the highest (3.30) and the salary component had the lowest average (2.08). Among
organizational commitment factor, normative commitment component had the highest (3.50) and
emotional commitment component had the lowest average (3.30). There was a significant relationship
between organizational commitment and quality of worklife. There was a significant relationship between
organizational commitment and quality of worklife (r = 0.45). Besides, there was significant relationship
between all of quality of worklife components except the salary component and organizational
commitment (P < 0.01).
Discussion and Conclusion: According to the result of this research, to increase the quality of worklife
and organizational commitment of Emergency Medical Systems personnel, more emphasis on the
employee participation in decision-making, opportunities to develop skills and continuous learning and
job security components. |
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Keywords: Quality of work life, Organizational commitment, Emergency medical system, Kerman, Iran |
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Type of Study: Research |
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Special Received: 2014/10/27 | Accepted: 2014/10/27 | Published: 2014/10/27
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