Sectoral Differences in Value Congruence and Job Attitudes: The Case of Nursing Home Employees

Ting Ren

Journal of Business Ethics, 2013, vol. 112, issue 2, 213-224

Abstract: Drawing on a survey of nursing staff of nursing homes in a Midwestern state in the United States, the study examines how the relationships between employee–organization value congruence and job attitudes vary between nonprofit and for-profit organizational types. Statistical comparison of the levels of employee value congruence and job attitudes does not suggest significant difference between the two types of employees. Although value congruence is found positively associated with nursing home employees’ job satisfaction and organizational commitment, and negatively associated with intent to quit, consistent with prior research, the difference in the magnitude of the relationships between the two types of employees is not found. These findings suggest inconsistency with conventional wisdom of profiling employee value according to organizational ownership type. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2013

Keywords: For-profit organizations; Job attitudes; Nonprofit organizations; Nursing homes; Sectoral difference; Value congruence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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