Table 2

The level of organisational commitment, job satisfaction and intention to leave by workplace

TotalPublic hospitalsHealth centresP value
Organisational commitment, mean (SD)
Affective commitment4.06 (1.39)4.05 (1.36)4.08 (1.46)0.857*
Continuance commitment4.19 (1.53)4 (1.53)4.69 (1.43)0.029*
Normative commitment3.69 (1.1)3.64 (1.08)3.82 (1.16)0.359†
Job satisfaction, mean (SD)
Pay2.00 (0.95)1.90 (0.88)2.26 (1.10)0.031†
Promotion2.09 (0.94)2.05 (0.89)2.19 (1.06)0.574†
Supervision4.29 (1.26)4.37 (1.23)4.10 (1.33)0.159†
Fringe benefits1.90 (0.85)1.83 (0.81)2.08 (0.93)0.021†
Contingent rewards2.34 (1.03)2.29 (0.95)2.48 (1.23)0.421†
Operating conditions2.20 (0.79)2.21 (0.78)2.18 (0.80)0.976†
Coworkers4.15 (1.04)4.07 (1.03)4.38 (1.03)0.021†
Nature of work4.78 (0.84)4.72 (0.83)4.95 (0.86)0.035†
Communication3.13 (1.08)3.17 (1.08)3.02 (1.09)0.378†
Total satisfaction2.99 (0.58)2.95 (0.52)3.07 (0.72)0.231*
Intention to leave, n (%)
Yes174 (72.8)134 (78.4)37 (21.6)<0.001‡
No65 (21.2)40 (58.8)28 (41.2)
  • *T-test.

  • †Mann-Whitney test.

  • ‡Χ2 test.