This article focuses on the reliability and validity properties of Organizational Commitment (OC) scale to be used in Saudi healthcare institutions. It is a cross-sectional study and the data was collected through a translated online questionnaire. Inclusion-exclusion criteria were delineated to elicit responses only from the respondents who were relevant for the current study. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was carried out to study the psychometric properties of OC scale. Kuder Richardson’s Cronbach’s coefficient ‘a’ was used to assess the reliability of scale. Findings of the current study match with the findings of previous researches. Outcomes of the study reveal that the nine-item OC scale is fit to be used in Saudian healthcare context. Outcomes of the current study will provide basic guidelines to researchers in the healthcare to apply the OC scale in Saudian context to effectively study the concept of OC of medical staff.

organizational commitment, validation, composite reliability, goodness of fit, psychometric, confirmatory factor analysis.

Received: October 7, 2023;  Revised: December 6, 2023;  Accepted: December 15, 2023; Published: December 22, 2023

How to cite this article: Abdullah M. Almarashi, Mohammad S. Alzahrani, Ibrahim M. Hawthari, Meshaal S. Alanazi, Ibrahim Y. Alasiri, Meshal M. Alqurayshah, Ali A. Almalki, Mohanad F. Allehyani, Raghid A. Mahrous, Yahia S. Alamri and Khushnoor Khan, Translation and validation of the organizational commitment scale: Saudian cultural context, JP Journal of Biostatistics 24(1) (2024), 105-116. http://dx.doi.org/10.17654/0973514324008

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