Taking control: Is job crafting related to the intention to leave surgical training?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The intention to leave surgical training, hereinafter referred as proxy of "attrition," is associated with poor well-being in the workplace. Attrition is suggested to diminish when residents possess job-crafting skills, that is, the ability to redefine their job in meaningful ways and maximize well-being at work by increasing structural and social resources and challenges and decreasing hindering demands. However, the evidence supporting this relationship is scant. This study sought to: 1) investigate to what extent residents possess job-crafting skills and compare residents' levels of job-crafting skills across years of residency training; 2) investigate the relationship between job crafting, well-being as measured by burnout and work-engagement rates, and the intention

SUBMITTER: Dominguez LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5983422 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature