The relationship between nurses＇ occupational commitment and turnover tendency
SUN Chao
HU Huixiu
WANG Lei
WANG Xia
Abstract：Objective To investigate the status of occupational commitment and turnover tendency among the nurses,and explore the re?lationship between them.Methods A total of 657 nurses from a 3A－level hospital were selected and investigated by general information ques?tionnaire,Occupational Commitment Scale and Turnover Tendency Scale.Results The Occupational Commitment Scale scored (3.18±0.80), while the turnover tendency scored (2.72±1.00).Pearson correlation analysis showed that the turnover intention was negatively correlated with occupational commitment and its various dimensions.Regression analysis showed that affective commitment,normative commitment,economic costs commitment and opportunity commitment had significantly influenced turnover tendency, and can explain 40.8% variance of it. Conclusion Nursing managers should pay attention to nurses＇professional education and provide more chances of promotion and continuing education to improve their occupational commitment level,and thus stabilize the hospital nursing team.
Keywords：nurseoccupational commitmentturnover tendency
Publication Date：2018-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 391-395 )