International Congress on Eurasian Economies

International Conference on Eurasian Economies

29-31 August 2016 – Kaposvár, HUNGARY

Paper detail

Paper ID : 1592
Status : Paper published
Language : Turkish
Topic : Sectoral Analyses
Presenter: Asst. Prof. Dr. Gökhan Aba
Session : 4C Sağlık Ekonomisi

The Effect of Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction of Nurses on Anticipated Turnover
Hemşirelerin Örgütsel Bağlılık Düzeyinin ve İş Doyumunun Beklenen Personel Devir Hızı Üzerine Etkisi

Abstract

Today, there is an intense competition regarding the provision of private health services. In the context of such competition, it is important to provide that health personnel commit to their jobs and have job satisfaction in order for hospitals to thrive. However, perceptions and cognitions related to leaving employment are affected due to the specific features of health services and due to the heavy workload of personnel. The current study was conducted in order to determine the effect of organizational commitment and job satisfaction on employee turnover rates among health personnel. A total of 415 nurses who were employed in 5 private hospitals located in Istanbul completed questionnaires. In the study, expected employee turnover, organizational commitment, and job satisfaction scales were administered. Data was analyzed using the SPSS 17.0 software. It was found that expected employee turnover levels showed significant differences according to the demographic features of the nurses. In addition, employee turnover rates were negatively related to organizational commitment and job satisfaction. According to this, employee turnover levels decrease as organizational commitment and job satisfaction increase. Based on these results, it is recommended that hospital administrations should place importance on programs that aim to increase organizational commitment and job satisfaction among nurses in order to reduce employee turnover rates.

JEL codes: I10, J63

Özcan, Irfan, Aba, Gökhan, Ateş, Metin (2016). "The Effect of Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction of Nurses on Anticipated Turnover" in Proceedings of International Conference of Eurasian Economies 2016, pp.465-470, Kaposvár, HUNGARY.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36880/C07.01592

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Session 4C: Sağlık Ekonomisi

Eurasian Economists Association Istanbul Beykent University Kaposvár University Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University Turkish-Hungarian Businessmen Association TIKA