Effect of Shiftwork Nurses' Fatigue on Job Stress and Turnover Intention: Mediating Role of Job Stress.
- Author:
Kyung Hee LEE
1
;
Ji Yong KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Ulsan College, Korea. khlee@mail.uc.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Fatigue;
Psychological stress;
Employee turnover
- MeSH:
Fatigue;
Intention;
Negotiating;
Personnel Turnover;
Research Design;
Stress, Psychological
- From:Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
2011;20(1):74-82
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study investigated how shift work nurses' fatigue influences job stress and turnover intention, and how job stress mediates the relationship between fatigue and turnover intention. METHODS: As a descriptive research design, the data were collected from 203 shift work nurses in a city. It was analyzed using the SPSS/WIN 14.0 and AMOS 5.0. RESULTS: fatigue and job stress in shift work nurses influenced turnover intention. Job stress worked as a partial mediation between fatigue and turnover intention. CONCLUSION: It is necessary to reduce fatigue and job stress for reducing turnover intention in strategies of hospital manpower.
