Abstract: Newly recruited nurses are perceived to enter the health profession with considerable enthusiasm and optimism. Sometimes, these green nurses wish to quit their jobs for a new or better one. This cross-sectional study investigated the complex relationships among job satisfaction, organizational commitment, transformational leadership, and turnover intention among newly recruited nurses in Chinese hospitals. Responses were gathered from 654 newly recruited nurses using an online survey questionnaire. Two statistical tools, namely structural equation model (SEM) and hierarchical regression analysis, were used to analyze the hypothesized relationships. The SEM analysis results revealed that job satisfaction directly influences organizational commitment and turnover intention. The findings also revealed that organizational commitment has a substantial direct impact on turnover intention. Furthermore, the SEM results showed that organizational commitment acts as a partial mediator in the relationship between job satisfaction and turnover intention. Besides, the hierarchical regression analysis outcomes revealed that transformational leadership moderated the relationship between job satisfaction and turnover but could not moderate that of organizational commitment and turnover intention. This research’s findings are a signpost for managers to help beginner nurses adapt to their new working milieu and stay in their job.
Keywords: Job satisfaction; organizational commitment; transformational leadership; turnover intention.
Title: Assessing the effects of job satisfaction, organizational commitment and transformational leadership on turnover intention among newly recruited nurses in Chinese hospitals
Author: Arielle Doris Kachie, Lulin Zhou
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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