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Nurses’ Intention to Leave the Organization: A Mediation Study of Professional Burnout and Engagement

Marques-Pinto, Alexandra, Jesus, Élvio Henriques, Mendes, Aida Maria Oliveira Cruz, Fronteira, Inês, Roberto, Magda Sofia·2018·The Spanish Journal of Psychology
DOI 10.1017/sjp.2018.30
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The nature of the turnover process calls for the study of more complex relationships among variables beyond simple bivariate or multiple associations between predictors and turnover intentions. The present article aims to examine the predictive value of job demands and resources in the explanation of nurses’ intention to leave the organization and to test the mediating roles of professional burnout and engagement in these relationships, within a Portuguese nursing population. The research models were tested within the scope of the Registered Nurse Forecasting project. Data included the self-report questionnaires of 2,235 Portuguese nurses from 31 hospitals, collected through stratified random sampling procedures. The statistical analyses of the structural models showed that nurses’ participation in hospital affairs, a job resource at the work organization level, was the only significant predictor of nurses´ intention to leave the organization (β=–.45,p< .001). Analyses of the mediation models revealed that the emotional exhaustion symptoms of burnout (β= –.11,p< .001) and job engagement feelings (β= –.15,p< .001) were both significant mediators between nurses’ decisional involvement and their intentions to leave the organization. Results suggest that including nurses in decision-making processes regarding their professional practice policy and environment, and improving nurses’ professional well-being are two crucial strategies to reduce nurses’ turnover intentions.

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  • Emotional Exhaustion mediates the relationship between nurses' participation in hospital affairs and their intention to leave the job.

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Authors
Marques-Pinto, A., Jesus, É. H., Mendes, A. M. O. C., Fronteira, I., & Roberto, M. S.
Affiliations
  • Universidade Nova de Lisboa (PT)
  • University of Lisbon (PT)
ORCID
Venue
The Spanish Journal of Psychology
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
2018
Volume
21
Pages
E32-E32
ISSN
  • 1138-7416 (ISSN-L)
  • 1988-2904
DOI
10.1017/sjp.2018.30
OpenAlex
W2887197665
Cited by
33
References
32
Citations by year
2025: 7 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 1
FWCI
6.22
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 219 d)
Locations
  • The Spanish Journal of Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Research and Theory › Nursing education and management
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Leadership and Management › Healthcare Education and Workforce Issues
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
Keywords
nurse turnover intention, professional burnout, work engagement, emotional exhaustion, job demands, job resources, professional well-being, Portuguese nurses
MeSH terms
Work Engagement, Adult, Burnout, Professional, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Nursing Staff, Hospital, Personnel Turnover, Portugal, Intention, Young Adult

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