The relationship between organizational climate and organizational commitment in light of the employee empowerment behavior variable during the COVID-19 pandemic: a case study of the general hospital of Kettar Algeria
The relationship between organizational climate and organizational commitment in light of the employee empowerment behavior variable during the COVID-19 pandemic: a case study of the general hospital of Kettar Algeria

Summary/Abstract: Research background: Organizational commitment within an organization is usually considered a factor that can positively influence employee behaviour, but not only directly, but also through the organizational climate within the organization. Purpose of the article: Many studies have focused on investigating the relationship of organizational commitment and employee behaviour, as well as by focusing on the relationship between organizational climate and employee behaviour. Therefore, this article also aims to verify the relationship of organizational commitment and organizational climate in light of the employee empowerment behaviour variable for a hospital. The general hospital of Kettar Algeria was selected during the period of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: The analysis uses data collected from the General Hospital in Algeria 2019-2020. The relationship between organizational climate and organizational commitment is verified in light of the employee behaviour variable, and the analysis was also done using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, to test the existence of a strong relationship between the organizational climate and organizational commitment and employees’ perceptions of empowerment. Through regression analysis and correlation between variables and using analysis of variance (ANOVA) and linear regression analysis to test hypotheses. For data analysis in this study, we used PLS with smart PLS version 3.2.7 and version 20. With Smart PLS, two steps were implemented, namely, the scaling model and the structural model. Findings & Value added: The results of the analysis confirm that organizational commitment and organizational climate have a strong impact on the employee behaviour variable as well as other indicators within the organization under study. During the COVID-19 pandemic period, therefore, it is necessary to prepare policies that can enhance worker performance within the organization under study.

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