Resilience, Occupational Stress, Job Satisfaction, and Intention to Leave the Organization among Nurses and Midwives during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Andrzej Piotrowski, Ewa Sygit-Kowalkowska, Ole Boe and Samir Rawat
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Andrzej Piotrowski: Institute of Psychology, University of Gdańsk, 80-309 Gdansk, Poland
Ewa Sygit-Kowalkowska: Department of Psychology, Kazimierz Wielki University, 85-867 Bydgoszcz, Poland
Ole Boe: Department of Business, Strategy and Political Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway, 3045 Drammen, Norway
Samir Rawat: Military MIND Academy, Pune 411060, India

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 11, 1-16

Abstract: The current study on the intention to leave the organization among nurses and midwives aligns with the broader direction of research on the consequences of demanding jobs. This is particularly important in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, which began in 2020 and is ongoing. The aim of the current study was to identify the levels of intention to leave the organization and job satisfaction in a sample of 390 Polish nurses and midwives. A multiple stepwise linear regression was carried out to establish which variables are predictors of job satisfaction and intention to leave the organization. The following measures were used in the study: Nurses’ Occupational Stressor Scale, The Brief Resilience Coping Scale, The Turnover Intention Scale, The Job Satisfaction Scale, and an occupational questionnaire (number of workplaces, weekly number of evening and night shifts, working at a unit dedicated to treating COVID-19, working as a supervisor/executive). The current study showed that almost 25% of the sample reported high turnover intention, and a similar proportion reported low job satisfaction. Resilience was related to nurses’ job satisfaction. In the predictive models for job satisfaction, the organizational factor of the number of workplaces was significant (positively related), while job experience was a negative predictor of intention to leave. The practical implications of the results and the need to continue research on this topic are also discussed.

Keywords: nurses; midwives; resilience; occupational stress; job satisfaction; intention to leave; the COVID-19 pandemic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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