Assessment of Effect of Leadership Behaviour Perceptions and Organizational Commitment of Hospital Employees on Job Satisfaction with Structural Equation Modelling

The purpose of this study was to establish a comprehensive causal model for leadership behaviour, organizational commitment and job satisfaction and to examine it with empirical data in the hospital employees. Structural equation model (SEM) was used to test the validity of constructs of leadership behaviour, organizational commitment and job satisfaction as well as to examine the causal relationship among them. The model was evaluated using data obtained from randomly selected 343 employees from Hacettepe University Adult Hospital in Ankara. The results showed that the measurement model for job satisfaction was a valid reliable model. In testing structural relationships, the results showed that leadership practices directly affect (r = 0.76) job satisfaction and indirectly affect (r = 0.095) it through organizational commitment. The results also showed that organizational commitment directly affects (r = 0.223) job satisfaction.