Noora Rafiee - Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
Mohammad Amin Bahrami - Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
Samaneh Entezarian - Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

Committed managers are regarded as a vital source for the success of anorganization. When organizational rules are observed by managers, there willbe a suitable opportunity for increasing organizational commitment. On theother hand, personality characteristics and individualistic differences of peopleare among the most important factors which predict their organizationalcommitment and can help organizations reach the goals and productivity.Therefore, this research was conducted to study the correlation betweendemographic determinants and organizational commitment of health managersin Yazd province. The present research was of descriptive–analytical type. Thestudied population included all the managers of educational and therapeutichospitals, managers of health and therapeutic networks, and managers of healthvice chancellor in Yazd province. Nineteen health managers of Yazd provincewere determined using census method. Health managers of the mentionedcenters filled out Allen and Meyer's organizational commitment questionnaireand form of demographic characteristics. The data were analyzed in SPSS20software and measures of central tendency (mean), standard deviation,Spearman's correlation coefficient, and independent group t-test were analyzed.Organizational commitment had positive correlation with education, age,working years in the present organization, general working record, andmanagerial record among health managers in the statistical population.Considering age, working and managerial records, and education of people inappointing health managers and strengthening organizational commitment,which is originated from ethics, can be effective in gaining organizationalcompetence and trust for them.

Organizational commitment, health managers, demographicdeterminants