J Korean Clin Nurs Res.  2017 Aug;23(2):142-150. 10.22650/JKCNR.2017.23.2.142.

Effects of Nursing Workplace Spirituality on Job Satisfaction, Burnout and Turnover Intention among General Hospital Nurses

• Jin JH
• Ju HO
• Kim KS
• Park YM

• KMID: 2397652
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.22650/JKCNR.2017.23.2.142

Abstract

PURPOSE
Nursing workplace spirituality (NWS) has received attention as a new and meaningful subject for nursing to consider, but little is known about the relation of NWS to nursing. The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of NWS on job satisfaction, burnout and turnover intention.
METHODS
Participants were 145 clinical nurses, who had worked for over 6 months in one of four general hospitals in B city. Data were collected using self-reported questionnaires and analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, ANOVA, Pearson coefficient and hierarchical multiple regression.
RESULTS
In the second hierarchy controlling general characteristics, significant predictors of job satisfaction were burnout and NWS, which explained 45.0% of the variance. NWS had more influence on job satisfaction than burn out, and the model was suitable. NWS showed no statistically significant effect on burnout and turnover intention, when general characteristics and job related factors were controlled.
CONCLUSION
Findings indicate that nursing workplace spirituality has a positive influence on job satisfaction, but no direct influence on burnout or turnover intention, which may indicate an indirect influence. Nurse managers need to develop the NWS enhancement program and provide them to nurse to improve job satisfaction.

Keyword

Nurses; Workplace; Spirituality; Job Satisfaction; Burnout

MeSH Terms

Burns
Hospitals, General*
Humans
Intention*
Job Satisfaction*
Nurse Administrators
Nursing*
Spirituality*