How Nurses’ Person-Organization Fit Influences Organizational Loyalty

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Table 1 Nurses’ Psychological Problems

Authors/Year	Country	Nurses Psychological Issues	%	Results
Shahrour & Dardas,^Citation4	Jordan	Acute stress Disorder, Psychological distress	64%, 41%	Nurses who suffer from high levels of stress and burnout perceive depression.
Labrague & De los Santos,^Citation6	Philippines	Psychological fear and anxiety	37.8%	Psychological distress and high turnover intentions.
Al Maqbali & Al Khadhuri,^Citation7	Oman	Stress, anxiety, depression	44.2%, 38.5%, 73.7%	Stress, anxiety, and depression significantly enhance psychological problems among nurses.
Al Maqbali et al^Citation8	Systematic review (China, Iran, Pakistan, Ethiopia etc)	Anxiety, Depression, Insomnia	37%, 35%, 43%	Nurses who worked during the COVID-19 epidemic suffered psychological symptoms.

Figure 1 Theoretical framework.

Table 2 Respondent’s Profile

		No	%
Gender	Male	141	23
	Female	473	77
Age (Years)	Below 24	212	34
	26–35	252	41
	36–45	115	19
	45>	35	6
Experience (Years)	Below 2	109	18
	3–5	228	37
	6–9	186	30
	10>	91	15
Qualification	Undergraduate	165	27
	Graduate	449	73

Table 3 Validity and Reliability

#	Constructs and Scale Items	Loading	ΑLPHA	CR	AVE
	P-O Fit		0.837	0.878	0.655
1	My job’s requirements and my personal skills are the best fit for each other.	0.806
2	The attributes which I seek in a job satisfy me very well in my current job.	0.780
3	The responsibilities of my job and my own skills are in excellent alignment.	0.821
4	My job skills and abilities enhance me to commit to my job task.	0.881
5	My organization’s culture and values align with what I value in life.	0.799
6	When my organization is criticized, I consider it a personal insult.	0.839
7	I probably fit better in my present organization based on my organization and job values.	0.814
8	My personal traits and values match my organization’s environment and goals.	0.788
9	My personality traits and knowledge match well with my job demands and work commitment.	0.803
10	I see my personality traits match my organizational goals, which help me remain in my current organization.	0.759
	Organizational Support (OS)		0.847	0.886	0.693
11	My organization genuinely cares about my feelings and well-being	0.859
12	My organization is always willing to assist me when I need guidance	0.867
13	My organization pays close attention to my values and ambitions.	0.835
14	My supervisor gave me the authority to use the required resources.	0.816
15	My peers are concerned about me when I experience challenging situations.	0.821
16	In my organization, employees encourage each other to try effective ways while performing job tasks.	0.798
	Service Quality (SQ)		0.921	0.940	0.819
17	The hospital provides advanced equipment which is effective while performing a job task.	0.907
18	The hospital should have visually appealing materials associated with the service.	0.912
19	Healthcare staff offer prompt services to patients	0.897
20	The Healthcare staff are 24 hours available to help patients.	0.927
21	Nurses give counseling on well-being promotion and adequate use of healthcare facilities.	0.911
22	In our organization, the healthcare staff is capable of meeting the patients’ physiological satisfaction.	0.893
	Role Ambiguity (RA)		0.846	0.881	0.591
23	I perform in different healthcare wards, which operate very differently.	0.682
24	I receive a job task without proper information and adequate resources to execute it.	0.657
25	I do not have enough time and resources to do everything that the supervisor asks me.	0.764
26	I feel I have very little authority to execute the job task assigned to me.	0.845
27	I am thinking of quitting my job due to unclear job responsibilities.	0.777
28	An unclear job description reduces my service quality and increases my burnout level.	0.821
29	I am confused about my expected work task.	0.811
	Organizational Loyalty (OL)		0.872	0.902	0.676
31	I feel satisfied working in my organization until I retire.	0.850
32	I believe that the problems my organization faces are equally my problems.	0.832
33	I have a strong feel for my organization.	0.863
34	I will always work hard and put high effort into this organization.	0.775
35	I believe I always consider this organization as my first priority in terms of loyalty.	0.840
36	Despite the fact that other hospitals have more lucrative pay, I will continue to work there.	0.792
37	Deciding to work in this hospital was the best choice.	0.802

Table 4 Discriminant Validity

		1	2	3	4	5
		OL	OS	P-O Fit	SQ	RA
1	OL	0.822
2	OS	0.594	0.833
3	P-O fit	0.490	0.460	0.809
4	SQ	0.563	0.653	0.385	0.905
5	RA	−0.328	−0.457	−0.347	−0.461	−0.769

Table 5 Heterotrait-Monotrait (HTMT)

		ST DEV	1	2	3	4	5
			OL	OS	P-O Fit	SQ	RA
1	OL	0.47
2	OS	0.51	0.670
3	P-O fit	0.34	0.559	0.512
4	SQ	0.63	0.620	0.731	0.425
5	RA	0.49	−0.23	−0.197	−0.201	−0.122

Table 6 Structural Estimates

Hypothesis	BETA	T Value	P value	F^2
P-O FIT-OL	0.250	2.854	0.004	0.103
P-O fit>OS-OL	0.143	2.514	0.012	0.113
P-O fit>SQ-OL	0.151	2.619	0.011	0.102
SQ*RA> OL	–0.182	2.493	0.010	0.201

Figure 2 Structural Model.

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