Abstract

The purpose of this study is to develop a causal model that explores antecedents predicting the organizational commitment of paramedics working in Jordanian private hospitals. The study analyzes the relationship between organizational commitment and its antecedents: work environment, job security, pay satisfaction, and physical environment of paramedics working in Jordanian private hospitals. The backgrounds of organizations influence employees’ commitments, and this was the reason that this study was undertaken. A quantitative research method was used in this study. The quantitative data were collected through relevant questionnaires, in which 230 paramedic participants of Jordanian private hospitals were involved. Multiple regression analysis (MRA) was employed to analyze the data and to test the proposed hypothesis. The results showed a significant positive relationship between organizational commitment and its antecedents. The work environment plays a key role in influencing organizational commitment; a good and friendly work environment strengthens the employee’s commitment to his or her job and organization. It was also found that pay satisfaction and physical environment have a significant positive impact on organizational commitment. Finally, the outcomes of this study confirmed that job security has a significant positive effect on organizational commitment; it was seen that paramedics are quite secure and committed toward their hospitals. Further, research findings indicated that by bringing changes in the current administrative policies, the private hospital paramedics’ commitment levels toward their organizations could also be enhanced. Overall, this study provided theoretical and practical implications that can enrich the body of knowledge in the area of organizational commitment antecedents in cross-cultural literature, mainly in healthcare. In practice, the current study suggests that organizational leaders and business owners need to be perceptive of the general positive effect of organizational factors on the organizational commitment of practitioners who work to achieve the organization’s goals as if their own. This study offers a conceptual and practical level analysis for refocusing attention on the study of organizational commitment. Also, it provides perspectives on the challenge of how to increase organizational commitment by developing organizational factors. The related concepts clarify that organizational antecedents have a unique contribution to understand organizational commitment at work and employee-related outcomes in health institutions.