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Table 5 Confirmatory factor analysis of all the constructs

From: Organizational justice, trust, and identification and their effects on organizational commitment in hospital nursing staff

Construct

Variable/question item

Standardized loading

Measurement error

Composite reliability (>0.6)

AVE (>0.5)

Organizational justice

Distributive justice

  

0.82

0.77

1. I believe my compensation is up to the standard and fair.

0.84*

0.29

2. Overall speaking, the rewards I received are quite fair.

0.83*

0.31

3. I feel that my job responsibility is fairness.

0.86*

0.26

Procedural justice

  

0.77

0.75

4. My supervisor makes sure he/she understands every nursing staff member’s thoughts before making any decision.

0.77*

0.41

5. Every decision made by my supervisor can be applied to every nursing staff member affected by it.

0.82*

0.33

6. I can raise questions on or make appeals to the decisions made by the hospital management.

0.80*

0.36

Interactional justice

  

0.72

0.71

7. When making my job-related decisions, my supervisor would treat me with respect.

0.69*

0.52

8. When making my job-related decisions, my supervisor would discuss the implication of the decision with me.

0.79*

0.38

9. When making my job-related decisions, my supervisor would explain the content very clearly.

0.73*

0.47

Organizational trust

Hospital trust

  

0.87

0.80

1. As far as I am concerned, most of the coworkers think that the hospital is trustworthy.

0.83*

0.31

2. I believe that the hospital’s promise to take care of the nursing staff is sincere.

0.85*

0.28

3. I believe that the hospital is fair to all nursing staff.

0.91*

0.17

Supervisory trust

  

0.83

0.76

4. I believe my supervisors sincerely care about the nursing staff’s opinions.

0.86*

0.26

5. I believe my supervisors make wise decisions for the sake of the future of the hospital.

0.79*

0.38

6. I believe my supervisors care about nursing staff’s welfare.

0.82*

0.33

Co-worker trust

  

0.82

0.75

7. I know that my coworkers will try their best to help me resolve the problems at work.

0.81*

0.34

8. I believe that my coworkers will give me a hand when I am in need.

0.76*

0.42

9. I am confidence in my coworkers’ job skills.

0.82*

0.33

Organizational identification

Attractive identification

  

0.87

0.77

1. In the future, I will still feel proud of being a member of this hospital.

0.79*

0.37

2. This hospital’s image in the community quite represents my image.

0.82*

0.32

3. I think that I have a strong emotional connection to this hospital.

0.86*

0.27

4. I usually take the hospital’s issues as my personal issues.

0.91*

0.18

5. As a member of this hospital, it’s my responsibility to make it more competitive.

0.80*

0.36

Correlative identification

  

0.85

0.76

6. I am of the work location and environment of the hospital.

0.79*

0.38

7. The thought of continuing to work at this hospital in the future and help people makes me happy.

0.84*

0.29

8. I care about all the future information related to this hospital.

0.87*

0.25

9. My hard work can be evaluated by the overall performance of the hospital.

0.74*

0.45

10. Continuing to work at this hospital can improve my work capabilities.

0.78*

0.39

Organizational commitment

Affective commitment

  

0.81

0.78

1. I am glad that I am able to devote my future career life to this hospital.

0.82*

0.33

2. I am happy to talk about my hospital with those who are not related to the hospital.

0.84*

0.29

3. I am emotionally attached and belonged to this hospital.

0.55*

0.56

4. I strongly feel that I am part of the hospital.

0.71*

0.49

Continuance commitment

  

0.79

0.79

5. It would be a great loss for me to quit from this hospital.

0.66*

0.56

6. I have the desire to keep working at this hospital at this moment.

0.71*

0.49

7. I think that there will be less job options for me if I leave this hospital.

0.81*

0.34

8. The main reason for me to stay at this hospital is that other companies won’t necessarily provide me with better compensation and benefits.

0.70*

0.51

Normative commitment

  

0.77

0.75

9. I think it is unethical to change jobs constantly.

0.60*

0.64

10. The main reasons for me to keep working at this hospital are being loyal and ethical.

0.72*

0.48

11. I was taught to be loyal to the hospital I serve.

0.61*

0.63

12. I think that staying at the same hospital will have better career development.

0.81*

0.34

  1. Note. * t- value > 2; AVE = Average Variance Extracted