Influence of work environment and WLB practices on organizational commitment of private hospital employees

Every organization seeks committed and dedicated employees since they are an important element for the endurance. India‘s healthcare sector is confronted with many challenges and high employee turnover is prominent among these. Apparently it is the noncommitted staff that have the propensity to leave. Repercussion of high employee turnover is dreadful. Enormous investment incurs after each employee is selected, followed by orientation and training subsequently. This study focuses on influence of the factors-work environment and work-life balance policies implemented in multi-specialty hospitals, on organizational commitment of the valuable employees. Study also attempts to understand the relationship between these two factors with the hospital employee‘s organizational commitment. It is imperative to make the employees committed and retain them for a long tenure with the hospitals, because without the committed and dedicated staff, organization might fail to provide patient satisfaction and quality healthcare services. Considering a sample size of 500 paramedical staff employed in 10 private multispecialty hospitals, Pearson correlation and Multiple regression were applied to test the hypotheses.