Abstract
This study analyses the effect of factors such as individual, family, or work conditions on work consciousness by using individual data from the Employment Status Survey conducted by Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. This study also reveals factors contributing to job retention in Japanese female nurses. The following five points are the main results.
(1)A match between one's personality and one's first job is an important factor for job retention. (2)Marriage rather than motherhood discourages Japanese female nurses from carrring on working and triggers job switching or quitting. (3)Long work hours trigger job switching in regularly employed or young nurses. Wage raises promote retention in only older nurses. (4)Job switching has recently become a trend in regularly employed and young nurses.(5)Intention to continue work is stronger in nurses than in female workers in other occupations. Though, intention to quit work is stronger in regularly employed or older nurses than in the others.
We conclude that female nurses' work intentions are similar to those of female workers in general.
