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Attitudinal variables predicting intent to quit among Pacific healthcare workers
Author(s) -
CooperThomas Helena D,
Poutasi Catherine
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
asia pacific journal of human resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1744-7941
pISSN - 1038-4111
DOI - 10.1177/1038411111400261
Subject(s) - health care , ethnic group , turnover , psychology , path analysis (statistics) , nursing , demographic economics , medicine , political science , management , economic growth , economics , statistics , mathematics , law
Staff turnover is of particular concern for organizations that deliver health‐care to minority populations who have poor health, and who are likely to experience better health outcomes when health‐care is delivered by same‐ethnicity workers. Pacific people in New Zealand experience inferior health outcomes. In this research we investigated intent to quit (as a precursor of turnover) among Pacific healthcare workers in Auckland, New Zealand (N = 104). We compared the relative importance of people's fit to their job (PJ fit) and organization (PO fit) in predicting intention to quit. PO fit was the more important predictor, with a mediated path via organizational commitment. We highlight directions for future research and discuss practical implications.