Influence of Work Environment and Supervision Style on Health Workers Commitment to the University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Abstract

This survey investigates the influence of work environment and supervision style on health workers commitment to the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. The aim of this study is to find out if the changes in the past seven years have made any impact on the job satisfaction and organisational commitment of the staff of the university’s health service. A total of 237 randomly selected health workers of the university hospital completed the questionnaire, comprising 33 close-ended items related to work environment, supervision style, staff satisfaction with their work, staff commitment to the department/unit and staff commitment to the university. The instrument used for the study was a six-point Likert scale questionnaire. The Cronbach’s alpha was used to test for the reliability of the instrument. The reliability coefficient was .798. Data for the study were analysed using Pearson Product Moment correlation and multiple regression analyses. It is observed that work environment and supervision style relate positively to health workers commitment to the university; however, the two main variables do not directly predict health workers commitment to the university. They do so only if health workers are satisfied with their work and are committed to their various departments/units in the hospital. It is therefore recommended among serveral others that management of the university should ensure that the work environment of the hospital is safe, well equipped with modern technology and conducive enough to boost staff satisfaction and commitment to the various departments in the hospital.