Institutional effects on nurses' working conditions: a multi-group comparison of public and private non-profit and for-profit healthcare employers in Switzerland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In response to the need for competitive recruitment of nurses resulting from the worldwide nursing shortage, employers need to attract and retain nurses by promoting their competitive strengths in their working conditions (WCS) and by addressing their competitive weaknesses. This study investigated workplace differences between public hospitals (PuHs), private for-profit hospitals (PrHs), socio-medical institutions (SOMEDs), home care services (HCs), private medical offices (PrOs) and non-profit organisations (NPOs), helping to provide a foundation for competition-oriented institutional employer branding and to increase transparency in the labour market for nurses.

Methods

Data from the Swiss Nurses at Work study of the career paths of 11 232 nurses who worked in

SUBMITTER: Aeschbacher R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6230274 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature