RT Article
T1 Workplace justice and intention to leave the nursing profession
JF Nursing ethics
VO 26
IS 1
SP 307
OP 319
A1 Chin, Weishan
A1 Guo, Yue-Liang Leon
A1 Hung, Yu-Ju
A1 Hsieh, Yueh-Tzu
A1 Wang, Li-Jie
A1 Shiao, Judith Shu-Chu
A2 Guo, Yue-Liang Leon
A2 Hung, Yu-Ju
A2 Hsieh, Yueh-Tzu
A2 Wang, Li-Jie
A2 Shiao, Judith Shu-Chu
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1779456751
AB Background:Poor psychosocial work environments are considered critical factors of nurses’ intention to leave their profession. Workplace injustice has been proven to increase the incidence of psychiatric morbidity among workers. However, few studies have directly investigated the effect of workplace justice on nurses’ intention to leave their profession and the population attributable risk among nurses.Objective:This study identified factors associated with workplace justice and nurses’ intention to leave the profession.Method:A cross-sectional survey was conducted using a self-administered structured questionnaire. Approximately 10% of all secondary referral centers in Taiwan were stratified and randomly sampled. Multiple logistic regression and population attributable risks were preformed to assess the effect of workplace justice on nurses’ intention to leave the nursing profession.Ethical considerations:This study was approved by the Research and Ethical Committee of National Taiwan University Hospital. Only nurses who consented to the study participated in the survey.Result:A total of 2268 nurses were recruited, of whom 1417 (62.5%) satisfactorily completed the questionnaire. The participants were classified and 342 (24.1%) of them were placed into the low workplace justice group. Nurses with low workplace justice had a higher intention of leaving the profession (adjusted odds ratio = 1.34, 95% confidence interval = 1.02–1.77). “Employees’ opinions are influential in hospital’s decision making” and “employees’ performance is evaluated fairly” were the most influential factors of the participants’ intention to quit. The adjusted population attributable risk was 3.7% for low workplace justice.Conclusion:This study has identified that workplace justice is a protective factor of nurses’ leaving their current profession. A fair performance appraisal system and increased autonomy at work are warranted to dissuade nurses from leaving the nursing profession.
K1 workplace justice
K1 psychosocial work environment
K1 Nurses
K1 Intention to leave
DO 10.1177/0969733016687160