The Retention Policy Determinants and Physicians Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment: A Study of Hospitals in Saudi Arabia

Abstract

The current research aims to examine the retention policy determinants and physician's job satisfaction and organizational commitments in Saudi Arabia hospitals. The current  research consists of the independent variables signified by retention policy determinants (namely organizational components, job analysis and design, organizational career opportunities, rewards, and employee relationships) and dependent variable which signified by job satisfaction and organizational commitment. In order to investigate the association between independent and dependent variables the quantitative technique was used to gather primary data through a questionnaire, which was administered in all the hospital sectors in Jeddah city with hospital physicians. The research population consists of 2870 physicians (consultant, specialist, and resident) from 5 public and private hospitals in Jeddah. The sample of this study was 10% of the total research population accounted 287 physicians. The researcher retrieves 198 valid research questionnaires. A purposive sampling technique was used to select the participants. The results validate significant differences have an effect on of the retention policy determinants have a significant influence on the physician job satisfaction. The result shows that five out of five variables are significant (organizational components, job analysis and design, organizational career opportunities, rewards, and employee relationships) on physician job satisfaction and also physician organization commitment. The current research contributes to the academic and medical filed knowledge as being one of the first attempts to explore practically the impact of retention policy determinants on physician job satisfaction. Additionally to distinguishing the fundamental roles of human resources and retention policy in enhancing the physician job satisfaction, this research amalgamates, purifies and expands the experiential work conducted in the field of health services marketing in Saudi Arabia. It elevates many inferences for executives in these hospitals, such as considering the importance of influences retention policy on physician job satisfaction.