Abstract:
This cross-sectional analytical survey aimed to study the factors affecting organizational commitment of professional personnel in Chonburi Hospital. Participants included 412 professional personnel who had been working in Chonburi Hospital for one year and over. Data were collected through a questionnaire. Three hundred and thirty-three copies (80.83%) of the questionnaire were returned and 324 copies (78.64%) of these were taken for data analysis. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, and Binary Logistic Regression Analysis (Enter method). Study results showed that 60.2% of the participants had overall organizational commitment opinion scores in a moderate level ( x =3.05, SD=0.42). The factors that were significantly associated with organizational commitment (p<0.05) included: age, marital status, education, length of work experience, income, domicile of the personnel, executive position, work status, job characteristics, interpersonal relationship, and organizational climate. The factors influencing the organizational commitment included the length of work experience, interpersonal relationship, and organizational climate. When other variables were controlled and stabilized, the level of organizational commitment among the participants with the length of work experience longer than 20 years was 2.16 times (95% CI = 1.22-3.82) higher than those with the length of work experience not exceeding 20 years. Also, the levels of organizational commitment among the participants with a high score of interpersonal relationship and organizational climate were 3.42 times (95% CI = 1.87-6.24) and 3.17 times (95% CI = 1.53-6.58) than those with a low to moderate score of interpersonal relationship and organizational climate respectively. Study results indicated that work experience, interpersonal relationship, and organizational climate were important factors that the executive should pay attention to. The Human Resource Department should develop a training plan for (and communicate with) the personnel in a way that they would acknowledge the intention of the executive in helping them gain more opportunities and experiences through advance academic training for each profession. Interpersonal relationship inside the organization should also be more established by organizing relations activities and promoting a better organizational climate.