Skip to content
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Menu
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Menu
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
nursing
Job satisfaction and turnover intent of primary healthcare nurses in rural South Africa: A questionnaire survey
Journal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 67, No. 2, Year 2011
Notification
URL copied to clipboard!
Description
Aim. This paper is a report of a correlational study of the relationships between demographic variables, job satisfaction, and turnover intent among primary healthcare nurses in a rural area of South Africa.Background. Health systems in Southern Africa face a nursing shortage fuelled by migration, but research on job satisfaction and turnover intent of primary healthcare nurses remains poorly described.Method. A cross-sectional study with survey design was conducted in 2005 in all local primary healthcare clinics, including nurses on duty at the time of visit (n = 143). Scale development, anova, Spearman's rank correlation, and logistic regression were applied.Results. Nurses reported satisfaction with work content and coworker relationships and dissatisfaction with pay and work conditions. Half of all nurses considered turnover within two years, of whom three in ten considered moving overseas. Job satisfaction was statistically significantly associated with unit tenure (P < 0.05), professional rank (P < 0.01) and turnover intent (P < 0.01). Turnover intent was statistically significantly explained by job satisfaction, age and education (P < 0.001), with younger and higher educated nurses being more likely to show turnover intent. Satisfaction with supervision was the only facet significantly explaining turnover intent when controlling for age, education, years of nursing and unit tenure (P < 0.001).Conclusion. Strategies aimed at improving job satisfaction and retention of primary healthcare nurses in rural South Africa should rely not only on financial rewards and improved work conditions but also on adequate human resource management. © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Delobelle, Peter Arthur
Belgium, Brussels
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Rawlinson, Jakes L.
South Africa, Sovenga
University of Limpopo
Ntuli, Sam Thembelihle
South Africa, Sovenga
University of Limpopo
Malatsi, Inah
South Africa, Sovenga
University of Limpopo
Decock, Rika
Belgium, Brussels
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Depoorter, Anne Marie E.
Belgium, Brussels
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Statistics
Citations: 209
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05496.x
ISSN:
03092402
e-ISSN:
13652648
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Study Locations
South Africa