J Korean Acad Oral Health.  2021 Sep;45(3):119-125. 10.11149/jkaoh.2021.45.3.119.

Structural model on factors influencing career withdrawal intention of dental hygienists

• Kim H
• Kim H
• Bae H

• KMID: 2521136
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.11149/jkaoh.2021.45.3.119

Abstract

Objectives
This study aimed to identify the factors that influence career withdrawal intention among dental hygienists.
Methods
The subjects of this study were 448 dental hygienists working at dental offices in Daegu, Busan, and Ulsan. The contents of the survey were job fitness, job autonomy, career plateau, job challenge, growth opportunity, career satisfaction, career commitment, and career withdrawal intention. The collected data were analyzed using statistical methods such as frequency analysis, independent sample t-test, one-way ANOVA, structural model analysis, and bootstrapping using SPSS 18.0 and AMOS 21.0.
Results
The groups with low career withdrawal intention were those who were over 30 years old, married, had a master’s degree or higher, and had more than 8 years of clinical experience. The group with low career withdrawal intention generally showed high job autonomy. It was found that job autonomy, growth opportunity, and career plateau indirectly affected career withdrawal intention by mediating career satisfaction and career commitment. The higher the job autonomy and growth opportunity, the lower the career withdrawal intention, and the higher the career plateau, the higher the career withdrawal intention. The factor that had a direct effect on career withdrawal intention was career commitment; the higher the career commitment, the lower the career withdrawal intention.
Conclusions
To reduce dental hygienists’ career withdrawal intention, we propose expanding their job autonomy within the legal scope, developing a career development model, and finding ways to improve their career commitment.

Keyword

Career commitment; Career plateau; Growth opportunity; Job autonomy; Turnover intention

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