The quality of work life and turnover intentions among Malaysian nurses: the mediating role of organizational commitment
Abstract Background Understanding the factors influencing nurses’ turnover intention, particularly the work life quality and commitment to organization, is important to all countries suffering from nursing shortage. The study aims to determine the mediating role of commitment to organization on work...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:40abdb55eab94ff08a3eafb7f88828c1 2023-05-15T15:10:07+02:00 The quality of work life and turnover intentions among Malaysian nurses: the mediating role of organizational commitment Luma Ghazi Ibrahim Alzamel Khatijah Lim Abdullah Mei Chan Chong Yan Piaw Chua 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1186/s42506-020-00048-9 https://doaj.org/article/40abdb55eab94ff08a3eafb7f88828c1 EN eng SpringerOpen http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42506-020-00048-9 https://doaj.org/toc/2090-262X doi:10.1186/s42506-020-00048-9 2090-262X https://doaj.org/article/40abdb55eab94ff08a3eafb7f88828c1 Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association, Vol 95, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2020) Quality of work life Turnover intention Organizational commitment Malaysian nurse Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2020 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1186/s42506-020-00048-9 2022-12-31T12:11:06Z Abstract Background Understanding the factors influencing nurses’ turnover intention, particularly the work life quality and commitment to organization, is important to all countries suffering from nursing shortage. The study aims to determine the mediating role of commitment to organization on work life quality and its relationship with turnover intention among Malaysian nurses. Methods A descriptive cross-sectional design, using a self-report survey was conducted on 430 nurses from a teaching hospital from February to April 2019. A structural equation model version 3 was used for testing study hypotheses. Results The mediating effect (indirect effect) of organizational commitment on the relationship between work life quality and turnover intention (QWL→OC→IT) was negative with path coefficient − 0.234, whereas the direct effect of work life quality on turnover intention (QWL→IT) was negative with smaller path coefficient − 0.228. This means that the relationship between work life quality and turnover intention was partially mediated by the organizational commitment (P < 0.001). Conclusion Organizational commitment has a negative partial mediating effect between work life quality of nurses and intention of turnover in teaching hospitals where the organizational commitment significantly reduced the nurses’ intention to leave. The study findings can guide nursing managers to be carefully attended to the levels of nurses’ commitment to their organization. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association 95 1 |
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Abstract Background Understanding the factors influencing nurses’ turnover intention, particularly the work life quality and commitment to organization, is important to all countries suffering from nursing shortage. The study aims to determine the mediating role of commitment to organization on work life quality and its relationship with turnover intention among Malaysian nurses. Methods A descriptive cross-sectional design, using a self-report survey was conducted on 430 nurses from a teaching hospital from February to April 2019. A structural equation model version 3 was used for testing study hypotheses. Results The mediating effect (indirect effect) of organizational commitment on the relationship between work life quality and turnover intention (QWL→OC→IT) was negative with path coefficient − 0.234, whereas the direct effect of work life quality on turnover intention (QWL→IT) was negative with smaller path coefficient − 0.228. This means that the relationship between work life quality and turnover intention was partially mediated by the organizational commitment (P < 0.001). Conclusion Organizational commitment has a negative partial mediating effect between work life quality of nurses and intention of turnover in teaching hospitals where the organizational commitment significantly reduced the nurses’ intention to leave. The study findings can guide nursing managers to be carefully attended to the levels of nurses’ commitment to their organization. |
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