Volume 7, Issue 4, August 2014, Pages 1465–1474
Kamran Khattak1, Samar Inderyas2, Zohaib Hassan3, and Atif Ali Raza4
1 MS (HRM), Mohammad Ali Jinnah University Islamabad, Pakistan
2 MS (HRM), Mohammad Ali Jinnah University Islamabad, Pakistan
3 MS (HRM), Mohammad Ali Jinnah University Islamabad, Pakistan
4 MS (HRM), Mohammad Ali Jinnah University Islamabad, Pakistan
Original language: English
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The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship of perceived organization support, affective commitment and organization based self esteem of public sector nurses in Pakistan. The research was conducted in twin cities Islamabad and Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The primary data was collected with the help of survey through personally administered questionnaires from 300 respondents in a non-contrived environment during January 2013, it was a cross sectional study. Both male and female respondents were included in the study.
Results of this study revealed that perceived organizational support has a significant positive association with both affective commitment and organizational based self esteem. Meanwhile, organization based self esteem perform a mediation role between perceived organizational support and affective commitment.
Author Keywords: perceived organizational support, organizational based self esteem, affective commitment.
Kamran Khattak1, Samar Inderyas2, Zohaib Hassan3, and Atif Ali Raza4
1 MS (HRM), Mohammad Ali Jinnah University Islamabad, Pakistan
2 MS (HRM), Mohammad Ali Jinnah University Islamabad, Pakistan
3 MS (HRM), Mohammad Ali Jinnah University Islamabad, Pakistan
4 MS (HRM), Mohammad Ali Jinnah University Islamabad, Pakistan
Original language: English
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship of perceived organization support, affective commitment and organization based self esteem of public sector nurses in Pakistan. The research was conducted in twin cities Islamabad and Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The primary data was collected with the help of survey through personally administered questionnaires from 300 respondents in a non-contrived environment during January 2013, it was a cross sectional study. Both male and female respondents were included in the study.
Results of this study revealed that perceived organizational support has a significant positive association with both affective commitment and organizational based self esteem. Meanwhile, organization based self esteem perform a mediation role between perceived organizational support and affective commitment.
Author Keywords: perceived organizational support, organizational based self esteem, affective commitment.
How to Cite this Article
Kamran Khattak, Samar Inderyas, Zohaib Hassan, and Atif Ali Raza, “RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERCEIVED ORGANIZATION SUPPORT AND AFFECTIVE COMMITMENT OF HOSPITAL NURSES IN PAKISTAN: A MEDIATIONAL MODEL,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 1465–1474, August 2014.
