title: Organizational commitment and job satisfaction among nurses in Serbia: a factor analysis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  One of the basic prerequisites of efficient organizational management in health institutions is certainly monitoring and measuring satisfaction of employees and their commitment to the health institution in which they work. The aim of this article was to identify and test factors that may have a predictive effect on job satisfaction and organizational commitment.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted a cross-sectional study that included 1,337 nurses from Serbia. Data were analyzed by using exploratory factor analysis, multivariate regressions, and descriptive statistics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The study identified three major factors of organizational commitment: affective commitment, disloyalty, and continuance commitment. The most important predictors of these factors were positive professional identification, extrinsic job satisfaction, and intrinsic job satisfaction (p < .0001). Predictors significantly affecting both job satisfaction and organizational commitment were identified as well; the most important of which was positive professional identification (p < .0001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study identified the main factors affecting job satisfaction and organizational commitment of nurses, which formed a good basis for the creation of organizational management policy and human resource management policy in health institutions in Serbia.
authors: Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia. Electronic address: vladica.velickovic@medfak.ni.ac.rs.
authors: Vladica M
authors: VM
authors: Veličković
authors: Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia; Institute of Public Health, Niš, Serbia.
authors: Aleksandar
authors: A
authors: Višnjić
authors: Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia.
authors: Slađana
authors: S
authors: Jović
authors: Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia; Institute of Public Health, Niš, Serbia.
authors: Olivera
authors: O
authors: Radulović
authors: Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia; Institute of Public Health, Niš, Serbia.
authors: Čedomir
authors: Č
authors: Šargić
authors: Department of PharmacoEpidemiology and PharmacoEconomics, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors: Jovan
authors: J
authors: Mihajlović
authors: Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia.
authors: Jelena
authors: J
authors: Mladenović
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010558:Personnel Loyalty; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D011361:Professional Competence; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D055771:Serbia; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014937:Work / Q000523:psychology
keywords: Job satisfaction; Nurses' occupational stress; Organizational commitment; Professional identification; Role conflict and ambiguity