The Mediating Effect of Organizational Commitment on the Relationship Between Work Life Balance and Intention to Leave

This study aimed to measure the mediating effect of organizational commitment on the relationship between work life balance and intention to leave. The study population is consisted of (800) working women in king Abdullah university hospital. To collect the primary data questionnaire survey was distributed to (200) working women and (144) questionnaires were returned. The study uses ordinary least square (OLS) technique to run simple regression and test hypothesis where the work life balance is used as independent variable and intention to leave as dependent variable, for mediating effect the study used the organization commitment variable. After analysis, study found that affective commitment has fully mediated the relationship between work life balance and intention to leave. While normative commitment has partially mediated the relationship between work life balance and intention to leave among working women in King Abdullah University Hospital. In light of previous findings, the researchers recommends adoption of work life balance program in Jordanian hospitals, to improve the motivation and commitment of women employees for better organizational performance.