Organizational Commitment of Para-Medical Staff with reference to Marital Status

Abstract

The commitment of Para-medical employees contributes significantly to the success of hospital organization. The present study attempts to analyze an organizational commitment marital status of Para-medical employees. The data have been collected from eight cities, comprising of four zones of India. The study uses a stratified sampling method in which 219 Para-medical employees from 32 hospitals have responded. This study uses the well known instrument - ACN scale developed by Allen and Meyer (1997). The result indicated that there is no significant difference in total score of commitment, affective commitment, continuance commitment and normative commitment with reference to marital status. The reasons have been discussed subsequently.