The Organizational Commitment Factors Affecting Core Competency of Public Health Officers at Sub-District Health Promoting Hospitals in Sakon Nakhon Province

Abstract

This cross sectional descriptive research aimed to study organizational commitment that affects core competency of public health officers working at  sub-district health promoting hospitals in Sakon Nakhon province. A simple random sample of 156 public health officers was drawn out of the total of 210 using estimating population mean. The data was collected through a self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire was examined for content validity by three experts and it yielded 0.91 of Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. The data collection was carried out from January 20 to February 28, 2013. Frequency, percentage, means, standard deviation, Pearson’s correlation coefficient and stepwise linear multiple regression were performed to analyzed collected data.

The findings showed that, from the total score of five, the mean score of organizational commitment was 3.99 ±S.D.0.41. Correlation analysis revealed that organizational commitment significantly correlates to core competency of public health officers (r = 0.538, 95%CI = 0.38-0.63, p-value < 0.001). Two components, which are willingness to push every effort to bring benefit to organization (Mean diff = 0.333, 95%CI = 0.19 – 0.47, p-value < 0.001) and                                         strong intention to remain a member of organization (Mean dif = 0.160, 95%CI = 0.04 – 0.28, p-value < 0.001), together could predict core competency of public health officers in sub-district health promoting hospitals in Sakon Nakhon province at 32.8% (R²adj = 0.328).