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Factors Influencing Nursing Home Social Workers’ Intentions to Quit Employment
Kelsey V. Simons, PhD, MSW Thomas B. Jankowski, PhD
ABSTRACT. This national study identified factors that affect quitting intentions among nursing home social workers (NHSWs). The findings indicated that greater job involvement and lack of a negative outlook may enhance NHSWs’ job satisfaction and organizational commitment and contribute to decreased job search and quitting intent. Also, respondents that experienced less stress and routinization in their work and reported greater amounts of autonomy, equity in pay and benefits, promotional opportunities, and coworker and supervisor support, had decreased levels of quitting intent and job search via greater job satisfaction and organizational commitment. The results imply that changes in job design and greater supervisory and coworker support may encourage NHSWs’ retention. doi:10.1300/J147v32n01_02 [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-HAWORTH. E-mail address: Website: © 2008 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.]
Kelsey V. Simons is affiliated with Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit, 3560 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario, CA, M6A 2E1. Thomas B. Jankowski is Associate Director for Research affiliated with Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. Address correspondence to: Kelsey V. Simons at the above address (E-mail: ksimons@klaru-baycrest.on.ca). This research was supported by a grant from the John A. Hartford’s Doctoral Fellows Program, part of the Geriatric Social Work Initiative. Administration in Social Work, Vol. 32(1) 2008 Available online at http://asw.haworthpress.com © 2008 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved. doi:10.1300/J147v32n01_02
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ADMINISTRATION IN SOCIAL WORK
KEYWORDS. Turnover, job satisfaction, retention, nursing home social work
INTRODUCTION Nursing homes
Kelsey V. Simons, PhD, MSW Thomas B. Jankowski, PhD
ABSTRACT. This national study identified factors that affect quitting intentions among nursing home social workers (NHSWs). The findings indicated that greater job involvement and lack of a negative outlook may enhance NHSWs’ job satisfaction and organizational commitment and contribute to decreased job search and quitting intent. Also, respondents that experienced less stress and routinization in their work and reported greater amounts of autonomy, equity in pay and benefits, promotional opportunities, and coworker and supervisor support, had decreased levels of quitting intent and job search via greater job satisfaction and organizational commitment. The results imply that changes in job design and greater supervisory and coworker support may encourage NHSWs’ retention. doi:10.1300/J147v32n01_02 [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-HAWORTH. E-mail address: Website: © 2008 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.]
Kelsey V. Simons is affiliated with Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit, 3560 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario, CA, M6A 2E1. Thomas B. Jankowski is Associate Director for Research affiliated with Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. Address correspondence to: Kelsey V. Simons at the above address (E-mail: ksimons@klaru-baycrest.on.ca). This research was supported by a grant from the John A. Hartford’s Doctoral Fellows Program, part of the Geriatric Social Work Initiative. Administration in Social Work, Vol. 32(1) 2008 Available online at http://asw.haworthpress.com © 2008 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved. doi:10.1300/J147v32n01_02
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ADMINISTRATION IN SOCIAL WORK
KEYWORDS. Turnover, job satisfaction, retention, nursing home social work
INTRODUCTION Nursing homes