Influence of role conflict and resilience on turnover intention of physician assistant nurses

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to provide basic data for the development of interventions to prevent turnover by analyzing the effect of the role conflicts and resilience of physician assistants have on turnover intention. Methods: The study design was a descriptive study, and the subjects of the study were 136 physician assistants at three university hospitals in B city. Results: Factors influencing the turnover intention of the subjects were role conflict, the current department satisfaction, career of physician assistant, position and type of work among general characteristics. The most significant factor influencing turnover intention was the satisfaction of current department(β=-.29, p<.001), followed by role conflict(β=.29, p<.001), career of physician assistant(β=-.23, p=.001), position(β=-.19 p=.011) and type of work(β=.17 p=.020). Conclusion: In order to lower the turnover intention of physician assistants, it will be necessary to develop an intervention program to reduce the role conflict and increase resilience, and to manage the hospital system considering the satisfaction of the present department of physician assistants.