J Korean Acad Nurs Adm.  2021 Jan;27(1):1-11. 10.11111/jkana.2021.27.1.1.

Effects of Workplace Bullying and Empowerment on Nurses’ Turnover Intention

• Lee Y
• Lee Y
• Ha JY
• Jo M

• KMID: 2525909
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.11111/jkana.2021.27.1.1

Abstract

Purpose
This study was done using quantile regression to identify the factors affecting nurses’ turnover intention.
Methods
A sample of 163 nurses, who had worked in hospitals for more than 6 months, was recruited from two online nursing communities. Data were collected through self-report questionnaires, which included turnover intention, workplace bullying, empowerment, and sociodemographic and job characteristics. Collected data were analyzed using ANOVA, Kruskal-Wallis test, Mann-Whitney U test, Spearman correlation coefficients, and quantile regression.
Results
The factors affecting turnover intentions by quantile were partially different, but the predicting factors over 50% quantile were workplace bullying (Q50, b=0.15, p=.002; Q75, b=0.10, p=.025; Q90, b=0.12, p=.012), structural empowerment (Q50, b=-0.64, p<.001; Q75, b=-0.55, p=.005) and experience in current unit (Q75, b=-0.04, p=.013; Q90: b=-0.05, p=.002).
Conclusion
Different factors have an influence on nurses’ turnover intention level. Nursing organizations need to develop customized management strategies to address nurses' turnover intention levels based on policies that reduce workplace bullying and strengthen structural empowerment.

Keyword

Bullying; Power; Personnel turnover; Regression analysis