Turnover intention among healthcare workers in Shenzhen, China: the mediating effect of job satisfaction and work engagement.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To ensure workforce stability in China's healthcare system and maintain high-quality care, it is essential to comprehensively understand the interplay of factors contributing to turnover intention of healthcare workers. This study aims to examine the associations between potential factors and turnover intention in healthcare workers and explore the mediating effect of job satisfaction and work engagement in the association between them.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, a random sample of 1060 healthcare workers working in 98 public medical institutions were recruited to rate their turnover intention in 2018 in Shenzhen, China. Information on socio-demographic characteristics, job-related factors, turnover intention, job satisfaction, work engagement, work st

SUBMITTER: Xu K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11568684 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature