Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment of Healthcare Sector Employees: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature

Abstract

The extreme competition periphery in the pharmaceutical industry has increased the necessity for a more eligible workforce and trying to hold the eligible employees at the institution and the policies to go along with this purpose have been one of the most important priorities of the pharmaceutical corporations and the health sector. To satisfy the workforce, keep employee turnover at a falling level, create an effective organizational culture, and drive the organization to innovation and success, it is exceptionally important to develop organizational commitment in employees. Thus, new employee recruitment will decrease and personnel training expenditures will remain at a minimum grade. In this study, a literature review was conducted on issues such as organizational justice, organizational climate, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and organizational citizenship behavior, and the potential relationships between these concepts. The systematic review method was used and 80 high citation articles obtained from google scholar and the yök thesis database have been included in the study. Health sector employees constitute the limitation of the study. According to the studies, organizational justice and organizational climate have a positive effect on employees' job satisfaction and job satisfaction has a positive effect on organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behaviors.