Korean J Occup Health Nurs.
2011 May;20(1):74-82.
Effect of Shiftwork Nurses' Fatigue on Job Stress and Turnover Intention: Mediating Role of Job Stress
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Nursing, Ulsan College, Korea. khlee@mail.uc.ac.kr
- 2Ulsan Hospital, Korea.
Abstract
- PURPOSE
This study investigated how shift work nurses' fatigue influences job stress and turnover intention, and how job stress mediates the relationship between fatigue and turnover intention.
METHODS
As a descriptive research design, the data were collected from 203 shift work nurses in a city. It was analyzed using the SPSS/WIN 14.0 and AMOS 5.0.
RESULTS
fatigue and job stress in shift work nurses influenced turnover intention. Job stress worked as a partial mediation between fatigue and turnover intention.
CONCLUSION
It is necessary to reduce fatigue and job stress for reducing turnover intention in strategies of hospital manpower.