Assessment of Effect of Leadership Behaviour Perceptions and Organizational Commitment of Hospital Employees on Job Satisfaction with Structural Equation Modelling

ŞAHİN İ., Akyürek C. E., Yavuz Ş.

Journal of Health Management, vol.16, no.2, pp.161-182, 2014 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 16 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.1177/0972063414526111
  • Journal Name: Journal of Health Management
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.161-182
  • Keywords: Leadership, organizational commitment, job satisfaction, structural equation model, health care administration
  • Lokman Hekim University Affiliated: No

Abstract

This article is dedicated to the memories of coal miners who lost their lives in Soma (Manisa). It was not their destiny.The purpose of this study was to establish a comprehensive causal model for leadership behaviour, organizational commitment and job satisfaction and to examine it with empirical data in the hospital employees. Structural equation model (SEM) was used to test the validity of constructs of leadership behaviour, organizational commitment and job satisfaction as well as to examine the causal relationship among them. The model was evaluated using data obtained from randomly selected 343 employees from Hacettepe University Adult Hospital in Ankara. The results showed that the measurement model for job satisfaction was a valid reliable model. In testing structural relationships, the results showed that leadership practices directly affect (r = 0.76) job satisfaction and indirectly affect (r = 0.095) it through organizational commitment. The results also showed that organizational commitment directly affects (r = 0.223) job satisfaction. © 2014 Indian Institute of Health Management Research.