title: The effects of ownership, staffing level and organisational justice on nurse commitment, involvement, and satisfaction: a questionnaire study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Elderly care systems have undergone a lot of changes in many European countries, including Finland. Most notably, the number of private for-profit firms has increased. Previous studies suggest that employee well-being and the quality of care might differ according to the ownership type.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The present study examined whether the ownership type and the staffing level were associated with organisational commitment, job involvement, and job satisfaction. In addition, we examined the potential moderating effect of organisational justice on these associations.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional questionnaire study.
  
  
  METHODS
  1047 Finnish female staff members aged 18-69 years working in sheltered housing or nursing homes (units n=179).
  
  
  METHODS
  The relationships were studied with analyses of covariance (ANCOVA), adjusting for the effects of age and case-mix.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Organisational commitment and job satisfaction levels were low in for-profit sheltered homes when justice levels were low, but when justice levels were high, for-profit sheltered homes did not differ from other ownership types. Similarly, organisational justice acted as a buffer against low commitment resulting from low staffing levels. Staffing levels were lowest in public sheltered homes and highest in not-for-profit sheltered homes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results show that organisational justice can act as a buffer against low organisational commitment that results from low staffing levels and working in for-profit sheltered homes. Increasing justice in regard to the management, outcomes, and procedures in the organisation would thus be important.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland. tarja.heponiemi@thl.fi
authors.forename: Tarja
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Heponiemi
authors.forename: Marko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elovainio
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kouvonen
authors.forename: Hannamaria
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuusio
authors.forename: Anja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Noro
authors.forename: Harriet
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Finne-Soveri
authors.forename: Timo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sinervo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D010067:Ownership; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult