An evaluation of organizational commitment of indian doctors with reference to marital status

In the healthcare industry, a medical doctor has to play a significantly key professional role. The entire focus is on saving the life of patients with the help of his professional acumen, experience, and educational proficiency. Doctors are committed ‘lifetime 24x7’ to their profession as well as to their attached hospital and patients. The present study focuses on organizational commitment with reference to the marital status of the doctors/physicians/surgeons. The data have been collected from eight cities, comprising of four zones of India. The study uses a stratified sampling method in which 138 Doctors from 32 hospitals has responded. This study uses the well-known instrument - ACN scale developed by Allen and Meyer (1997). The results indicated that there are similarities between married and unmarried doctors for all the variables of the commitment. Marital status becomes irrelevant when doctors discharge their duties.