A Race/Ethnic Comparison of Career Attainment in Healthcare Management

TABLE 11A

JOB COMMITMENT
(percent agree 1997 only)

FEMALES

	Black	White	Hispanic	Asian
A strong feeling of belonging to organization	54%	79%	66%	82%^***
n	(199)	(190)	(80)	(38)
Feels emotionally attached	57%	77%	71%	74%^***
n	(200)	(189)	(79)	(38)
Organization has great personal meaning for respondent	58%	70%	80%	68%^**
n	(200)	(189)	(80)	(38)
Feels like "part of the family" at organization	53%	75%	62%	76%^***
n	(198)	(189)	(78)	(37)
Happy to spend remainder of career at organization	41%	57%	53%	50%^*
n	(200)	(190)	(80)	(38)
Enjoy discussing organization with outsiders	63%	86%	81%	79%^***
n	(199)	(190)	(79)	(38)
Feels organizations problems are his/her own	45%	64%	59%	55%^***
n	(200)	(190)	(79)	(38)
Could easily become as attached to another
organization as this one	22%	22%	27%	24%
n	(198)	(189)	(78)	(38)

^{*Chi-square significant p<.05

**Chi-square significant p<.01

***Chi-square significant p<.001}

TABLE 11B

JOB COMMITMENT

(percent agree 1997 only)

MALES

	Black	White	Hispanic	Asian
A strong feeling of belonging to organization	68%	85%	74%	73%^**
n	(170)	(195)	(144)	(73)
Feels emotionally attached	68%	85%	75%	70%^***
n	(169)	(195)	(144)	(73)
Organization has great personal meaning for respondent	71%	73%	76%	76%
n	(169)	(195)	(143)	(71)
Feels like "part of the family" at organization	64%	82%	65%	74%^***
n	(170)	(195)	(144)	(73)
Happy to spend remainder of career at organization	51%	62%	61%	57%
n	(170)	(195)	(144)	(73)
Enjoy discussing organization with outsiders	78%	88%	92%	79%^**
n	(167)	(195)	(144)	(73)
Feels organizations problems are his/her own	58%	76%	71%	67%^**
n	(166)	(195)	(144)	(73)
Could easily become as attached to another organization as this one	15%	19%	12%	18%
n	(170)	(195)	(144)	(73)

^{*Chi-square significant p<.05

**Chi-square significant p<.01

***Chi-square significant p<.001}