J Korean Acad Nurs Adm.  2017 Dec;23(5):471-482. 10.11111/jkana.2017.23.5.471.

Predictors of Turnover Intention among Nurses in Small and Medium-sized Hospitals

• Park JH
• Hwang HY

• KMID: 2408109
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.11111/jkana.2017.23.5.471

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to explore the predictors of turnover intention among nurses working in small and medium-sized hospitals in South Korea.
METHODS
Data were obtained from a survey conducted in 2016 on welfare policy and system improvement. The participants were nurses of the Korean Nurses Association who worked in small and medium-sized hospitals. The responses of 2,011 nurses were analyzed using hierarchical multiple regression analysis, which was performed to explore the predictors of nurses' turnover intentions.
RESULTS
The findings of this study showed that the predictors significantly reducing nurses' desire to leave their hospitals were a 40-hour workweek, satisfaction with the salary, and six out of the 40 fringe benefits provided by their hospitals: the provision of uniforms and work shoes, paid menstrual leave, operational costs for the department, job-related educational costs, and in-house nurse training program.
CONCLUSION
These findings suggest that hospitals should provide proper work hours and reasonable rewards for nurses' work in order to reduce turnover intention among their nurses.

Keyword

Nurses; Employee turnover; Hospitals; Salaries and fringe benefits

MeSH Terms

Education
Intention*
Korea
Personnel Turnover
Reward
Salaries and Fringe Benefits
Shoes

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