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Impact of nurses' perceptions of work environment and communication satisfaction on their intention to quit
Author(s) -
Özer Özlem,
Şantaş Fatih,
Şantaş Gülcan,
Şahin Deniz Say
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1440-172X
pISSN - 1322-7114
DOI - 10.1111/ijn.12596
Subject(s) - perception , work environment , nursing , work (physics) , public hospital , psychology , job satisfaction , working environment , variance (accounting) , patient satisfaction , medicine , applied psychology , social psychology , business , mechanical engineering , accounting , neuroscience , engineering
Aim This study examines the association of nurses' perception of their work environment and communication satisfaction with their intention to quit. Method The implementation part of the study was conducted with nurses working in a public hospital in the city of Burdur, Turkey. Data were collected in January 2017 from 175 participants and then assessed. Results The analysis showed that perceptions of the work environment and communication satisfaction taken together explain the total variance of the intention to quit. While participants' perceptions of the work environment become increasingly positive, their communication satisfaction increases and their intention to quit decreases. Conclusion The findings of this study suggest that making improvements to the nursing work environment and nurses' communication satisfaction will decrease their intention to quit.