Relationship between human resource strategies, perceived organizational support and organizational commitment of nurses: Developing the pattern

Nurses are the most important personnel of hospitals, since their performance directly affects patients’ life. For this reason, implementation of HR strategies has a higher priority in hospitals. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between human resource strategies, perceived organizational support and organizational commitment of nurses and finally recommend a pattern. In this descriptive-exploratory study, 268 nurses of Ghaem Hospital of Mashhad were randomly selected as samples. Data were obtained by questionnaires of; development, staffing, performance management, wage, benefits and rewards, working relations and organizational commitment. Validity and reliability of instruments were measured by factor analysis and Cranach’s alpha. In addition, data were analyzed by structural equations and partial least squares by the PLS Software. Results of research indicated that human resource strategies with perceived organizational support and organizational commitment had a regression coefficient of 0/512 and 0/296 respectively. In addition, they illustrated that; perceived organizational support with a regression coefficient of 0/673 had a significant relationship with organizational commitment for nurses. Furthermore, the role of mediate perceived organizational support between human resource strategies and organizational commitment of nurses with the larger indirect relationship (0/344) of the relationship (0/296) was confirmed. The appropriate performance of strategies of human resources can improve organizational commitment of nurses through perceived organizational support. Therefore, proper implementation of these strategies is suggested.