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

by Ting Ren

ARTICLE | Journey of Business Ethics | 2013

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.　