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. 2023 Feb;10(2):988-997.
doi: 10.1002/nop2.1366. Epub 2022 Sep 15.

Turnover-attachment motive of Saudi Arabia nursing workforce: A Cross-Sectional study

Maria E M Mariano  1 , Alexander Woodman  2 , Eidan M Al Zahrani  3 , Yaser A Al Naam  4 , Rory R Farrelly  5 , Lamiaa H Al-Jamea  4 , Abbas Al Mutair  1 , Rehab Y Al-Ansari  6 , Jenifer V Quiambao  2 , Jeffhraim Balilla  7
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Turnover-attachment motive of Saudi Arabia nursing workforce: A Cross-Sectional study

Maria E M Mariano et al. Nurs Open. 2023 Feb.

Abstract

Aim: This study aimed to explore the association of turnover-attachment motive with socio-demographic data among Saudi and foreign nurses in a hospital in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.

Methods: A cross-sectional correlation study was conducted among n = 180 registered Saudi and foreign nurses working at a private tertiary hospital in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. The turnover-attachment motive survey was used to evaluate the eight motivational forces. Data were analysed using JASP version 16 statistical software and Orange 3 version 3.26.0. The data were subjected to correlation analysis and multiple linear regression.

Results: Only 8% of participants were identified with a high intention to leave driven by alternative, behavioural, normative and constitutive forces. Younger healthcare workers tend to have higher intentions to quit the job; the 29-33 age group has a statistically significant negative effect, increasing intention to leave. It was found that those with 5-6 years of clinical experience at Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital, Al Khobar and no experience abroad had statistically significantly lower intention to leave.

Conclusion: This study presented the factors influencing nursing staff to stay or leave work in a hospital in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia that can be a basis for reviewing existing policies and procedures to improve nurses' working conditions.

Keywords: intention to leave retention; nursing workforce; turnover-attachment motivation survey.

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Turnover‐attachment motive survey (TAMS) Visualization—(a) affective forces; (b) contractual forces; (c) moral forces; (d) calculative forces; (e) alternative forces; (f) Behavioural forces; (g) normative forces; (h) continuant forces
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