2022 Volume 30 Issue 4 Pages 436-448
To clarify factors related to intent to stay with organization in nurses engaged in university hospitals, a survey using an anonymous self-rating questionnaire including a scale assessing intent to stay was conducted with 3305 nurses working in four university hospitals in one prefecture in the Kanto region of Japan. Valid responses were obtained from 1423 subjects (valid response rate 43.1%). The age of the respondents was 32.3±9.5 years, the number of years of experience as a nurse was 9.5±7.9 years, and the total score of intent to stay with the organization was 8.0±2.2 points.
A multiple regression analysis was performed with the objective variable as the total score of intent to stay and the explanatory variables as individual factors, workplace environmental factors, perceptions of the nursing profession, work stress, and self-evaluation as a nurse. The adjusted R2 of the analysis was 0.229, and the factors associated with intent to stay were “total score of career commitment” (β＝0.340), “superiors listen to nurses” (β＝0.102), and “feeling stress due to their duties” (β＝－0.107).
These results indicate the following : To increase the intent to stay with the organization, it is necessary to provide support for continued education that enables nurses to commit themselves to the nursing profession, and for alleviating stress. It is also important to create a workplace atmosphere where superiors easily listen to nurses.
