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KMID : 0614820090150030372
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Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
2009 Volume.15 No. 3 p.372 ~ p.381
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The Impact of Job Overload, Relationship with Senior on Nurses’ Intention to Quit Their Jobs - Mediating Role of Emotional Exhaust -
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Kim Young-Hee
Choi Jung-Hyun
Kim Kyoung-Eun
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate how job overload, relationship with senior perceived by nurses and emotional exhaust related to turnover and explored the mediating role of emotional exhaust in job characteristics-turnover relationship.
Method: Participants were 280 nurses from around the greater metropolitan area of Seoul, completed questionnaires. Correlation and Structural Equation Models were employed to investigate the various factors associated with this.
Result: Job overload related positively to emotional exhaust and turnover and the quality of relationship with senior related negatively to emotional exhaust but positively to turnover. These findings suggest the important role played by job conditions in preventing nurses’ emotional burnout and the intention to quit their jobs. Furthermore, emotional burnout mediated the effects of these job characteristics on nurses’ turnover.
Conclusion: It is suggested that the benefit of job conditions and emotional burnout should be taken into consideration when developing strategies to improve nurse retention and. social supporting programs for nurses more generally.
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KEYWORD
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Job overload, Relationship with senior, Emotional exhaust, Turnover
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