Abstract
ObjectiveTurnover intention of employees in elderly caring social organizations has a significant impact on elderly care service delivery. This study investigated the associated factors of turnover intention among employees of elderly caring social organizations in Anhui Province, China.MethodsA total of 605 participants were selected using a multi-stage stratified random sampling method. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect information on socio-demographic, social support, and turnover intention from the participants. The data was analyzed through descriptive statistical analysis, one-way variance analysis, Spearman correlation analysis, and multiple linear regression were used to analyze the factors related to turnover intention.ResultsResults of our study showed that the total score of turnover intention, turnover intention I (possibility of quitting a current job),turnover intention II (motivation to find other jobs) and turnover intention III (obtaining the external possibility of work) were 8.84, 2.32, 2.38, and 4.14, respectively. Social support negatively correlated with turnover intention I and turnover intention II. However, it showed positive correlation with turnover intention III and total turnover intention scores; turnover intentionI (coefficient: − 0.082), turnover intention II (coefficient: − 0.071), turnover intention III (coefficient: 0.19), Total score of turnover intention (coefficient: 0.093). Ethnic group, age, education level, and job satisfaction were associated with turnover intention.ConclusionImprovement of social support play an important role in reducing the turnover intention of employees in elderly caring social organizations. It is important to increase organizational commitment and strengthen psychological empowerment, combined with decreasing job burnout for stability.
Highlights
China has experienced a rapid population aging in the recent years [1]
Our study focused on employees in elderly caring social organizations in Anhui Province, China
Anhui Province is the province that entered the aging society earlier among the 6 central provinces. This province was selected for the following reasons: (1) Under the trend of the integration of elderly care in the Yangtze River Delta, many large-scale chain elderly care institutions have already forward-looking deployment in Anhui Province, and the government has given great support and attention to this.(2) Considering feasibility, Anhui guaranteed the compliance of participants.(3) Anhui has a large number of employees in elderly caring social organizations
Summary
China has experienced a rapid population aging in the recent years [1]. Issues that arise from this process, such as demographic transition, old-age pensions, life after retirement, and gerontotherapeutics, have increasingly drawn the attention of scholars [2, 3]. The aging of population has brought important challenges to the elderly care service provision. Chen et al BMC Health Services Research (2021) 21:1265 care in the country is family old-age care. With the acceleration of modern life, young people with huge work pressure often feel powerless in caring for their parents. Many old people choose to enter elderly caring social organizations. Caring social organizations are the main providers of social elderly services. Many people have a prejudice against the work of these employees and their hard work is not rewarded . This has led high turnover rate (exceeding 50%) among employees from elderly caring social organizations [5]
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