- Title
- Profiling nurses' job satisfaction, acculturation, work environment, stress, cultural values and coping abilities: a cluster analysis
- Creator
- Goh, Yong-Shian; Lee, Alice; Chan, Sally Wai-Chi; Chan, Moon Fai
- Relation
- International Journal of Nursing Practice Vol. 21, Issue 4, p. 443-452
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijn.12318
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2015
- Description
- This study aimed to determine whether definable profiles existed in a cohort of nursing staff with regard to demographic characteristics, job satisfaction, acculturation, work environment, stress, cultural values and coping abilities. A survey was conducted in one hospital in Singapore from June to July 2012, and 814 full-time staff nurses completed a self-report questionnaire (89% response rate). Demographic characteristics, job satisfaction, acculturation, work environment, perceived stress, cultural values, ways of coping and intention to leave current workplace were assessed as outcomes. The two-step cluster analysis revealed three clusters. Nurses in cluster 1 (n=222) had lower acculturation scores than nurses in cluster 3. Cluster 2 (n=362) was a group of younger nurses who reported higher intention to leave (22.4%), stress level and job dissatisfaction than the other two clusters. Nurses in cluster 3 (n=230) were mostly Singaporean and reported the lowest intention to leave (13.0%). Resources should be allocated to specifically address the needs of younger nurses and hopefully retain them in the profession. Management should focus their retention strategies on junior nurses and provide a work environment that helps to strengthen their intention to remain in nursing by increasing their job satisfaction.
- Subject
- acculturation; cluster analysis; job satisfaction; nurse; stress; work environment
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1311244
- Identifier
- uon:22180
- Identifier
- ISSN:1322-7114
- Language
- eng
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