Organizational Commitment, Job Satisfaction, and Turnover Intentions: A Study of Lebanese Nurses

Hassan I. Ballout

Article Details

Organizational Commitment, Job Satisfaction, and Turnover Intentions: A Study of Lebanese Nurses

Authors:

Hassan I. Ballout

Publisher:

Kuwait University

Journal:

Arab Journal of Administrative Sciences Vol.16 Issue 1, pp.101-127

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2009

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001943561

pISSN:

2957-3521

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Abstract:

 Whilst acknowledging the increased attention given to the study of organizational commitment and its correlates in western and non-western settings, there is no prior research, to date, testing the potential application of western-based organizational behavior theories in a Lebanese setting. Using a sample of 180 Lenabese nurses, this study finds that U.S.-based theories linking job involvement, organizational commitment, job satisfaction, and turnover intention are generally applicable to Lebanese employees. Results suggest that nurses' job involvement is positively associated with their job satisfaction and organizational commitment, and that nurse' job involvement and job satisfaction are positively associated with their organizational commitment. The results also suggest that both job satisfaction and organizational commitment reduce nurses' turnover intention. The implications of these findings are especially relevant to cross-cultural research testing western management theories on Lebanese employees as well as to multinational corporations operating in Lebanon and in similar Middle Eastern countries.

Article Details

Organizational Commitment, Job Satisfaction, and Turnover Intentions: A Study of Lebanese Nurses

Authors:

Hassan I. Ballout

Publisher:

Kuwait University

Journal:

Arab Journal of Administrative Sciences Vol.16 Issue 1, pp.101-127

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2009

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001943561

pISSN:

2957-3521

Organizational Commitment

Job Satisfaction

Job Involvement

Turnover Intentions

Western Theories

Employee Demography

Issues

Article Details

Organizational Commitment, Job Satisfaction, and Turnover Intentions: A Study of Lebanese Nurses

Authors: Hassan I. Ballout

Publisher: Kuwait University

Journal: Arab Journal of Administrative Sciences Vol.16 Issue 1, pp.101-127

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 1/2009

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001943561

pISSN: 2957-3521

Organizational Commitment

Job Satisfaction

Job Involvement

Turnover Intentions

Western Theories

Employee Demography

Issues

Authors:

Hassan I. Ballout

Publisher:

Kuwait University

Journal:

Arab Journal of Administrative Sciences Vol.16 Issue 1, pp.101-127

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2009

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001943561

pISSN:

2957-3521