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The Impact of Social Work Environment, Teamwork Characteristics, Burnout, and Personal Factors Upon Intent to Leave Among European Nurses
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OBJECTIVES: Europe's nursing shortage calls for more effective ways to recruit and retain nurses. This contribution aims to clarify whether and how social work environment, teamwork characteristics, burnout, and personal factors are associated with nurses' intent to leave (ITL). METHODS: Our sample comprises 28,561 hospital-based nurses from 10 European countries. Different occupational levels have been taken into account: qualified registered nurses (n = 18,594), specialized nurses (n = 3957), head nurses (n = 3256), and nursing aides and ancillary staff (n = 2754). RESULTS: Our outcomes indicate that ITL is quite prevalent across Europe, although we have found some differences across the countries depending on working conditions and economic situation. Quality of teamwork, interpersonal relationships, career development possibilities, uncertainty regarding treatment, and influence at work are associated with nurses' decision to leave the profession across Europe, notwithstanding some country-specific outcomes. A serious lack of quality of teamwork seems to be associated with a 5-fold risk of ITL in 7 countries. As far as personal factors are concerned, our data support the hypothesized importance of work-family conflicts, satisfaction with pay, and burnout. A high burnout score seems to be associated with 3 times the risk of ITL in 5 countries. CONCLUSIONS: To prevent premature leaving, it is important to expand nurses' expertise, to improve working processes through collaboration and multidisciplinary teamwork, and to develop team training approaches and ward design facilitating teamwork.
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- Authors
- Estryn-Béhar, M., Van der Heijden, B. I. J. M., Ogińska, H., Camerino, D., Le Nézet, O., Conway, P. M., Fry, C., & Hasselhorn, H.-M.
- Affiliations
- Jagiellonian University (PL)
- University of Milan (IT)
- University of Wuppertal (DE)
- Venue
- Medical Care
- Published
- 2007-10
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 939-950
- ISSN
- 0025-7079 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2017257683
- Cited by
- 253
- References
- 49
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 19 · 2015: 20 · 2014: 15 · 2013: 28 · 2012: 18
- FWCI
- 26.74
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Medical Care (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- University of Twente Research Information (publishedVersion)
- Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (submittedVersion)
- Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
- University of Twente Research Information (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Research and Theory › Nursing education and management
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Leadership and Management › Healthcare Education and Workforce Issues
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Occupational Health and Burnout
- Keywords
- nurse turnover, turnover intention, burnout, teamwork, social work environment, work-family conflict, pay satisfaction, nursing shortage, nurse retention, hospital nurses, career development, interpersonal relationships, multidisciplinary teamwork, team training, hospital ward design
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Burnout, Professional, Career Mobility, Conflict, Psychological, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Europe, Family, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Middle Aged, Nurses, Patient Care Team, Quality of Health Care, Salaries and Fringe Benefits, Social Environment, Workplace
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