Relationship between Quality of Work Life and Turnover Intention among Staff Nurses

Abstract

Background: A high Quality of Working Life (QWL) is critical for healthcare organizations to attract and retain qualified, committed and motivated employees. Quality of working life refers to an employee‟s satisfaction with working life. Aim: The present study aimed to assess the relationship between quality of work life and turnover intention among staff nurses. Research design: Descriptive- correlational design was used in carrying out this study. Subjects: 148 nurses were included in the study. Setting: This study conduct at Alagouza Governmental Hospital. Tools: two self-administrated questionnaires namely: Quality of work life and Anticipated turnover scale. Results: There was a statistically significant correlation between total home life score and nurses' socio demographic characteristics, while there was a statistically significant correlation between total work design score, total work context score, total work world score, total quality of work life, total intending to leave score and nurses' socio demographic characteristics except with no training course. There was a negative statistically significant difference between nurses' intention to stay and intention to leave and intention to stay by their quality of work life perception. Conclusion: There was a highly positive statistically significant correlation between qualities of work life dimensions. There was a negative statistically significant correlation between quality of life dimensions and intending to leave. Recommendation: The nursing administrators might be able to improve the level of QWL by increasing nurses‟ satisfaction with job security, professional recognition, work conditions, work schedule, workload and nursing staffing.