Korean J Rehabil Nurs.  2020 Dec;23(2):149-157. 10.7587/kjrehn.2020.149.

The Influences of Grit, Emotional Labor and Organizational Intimacy on Nurses' Intention to Stay in Comprehensive Nursing Care Service Units

• Lee DY
• Kim SY

• KMID: 2519103
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.7587/kjrehn.2020.149

Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to identify the impact of grit, emotional labor and organizational intimacy on nurses' intention to stay to work in comprehensive nursing care service units.
Methods
A cross-sectional descriptive design was used. Participants were 192 nurses working in comprehensive nursing care service units at a general hospital. Data were collected using self-report questionnaires, and analyzed using the SPSS/WIN 23.0 program for descriptive statistics, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, post-hoc Scheffé test, Pearson's correlation, and multiple regression.
Results
Intention to stay was positively correlated with grit (r=.28, p=.002), opportunity of forming (r=.17, p=.022), and expansion of intimacy (r=.24, p=.001). The influencing factors on nurses' intention to stay in comprehensive nursing care service units were the work department (β=.23, p=.002) and grit (β=.21, p=.003). Grit and work department explained 13.0% of variances of nurses' intention to stay.
Conclusion
The results of this study suggest that nurse's grit plays an important role in continuing to work in a comprehensive nursing service unit. It is recommended to develop a program that includes strategies for improving grit.

Keyword

Intention; Labor; Nurse; Stay