Psychological Ownership and Turnover Intention Among Nurses in Tertiary Hospitals, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, the People’s Republic of China
Keywords:
Psychological ownership, Turnover intention, Nurses, Tertiary hospitals, The People's Republic of ChinaAbstract
Increasing psychological ownership among nurses may reduce turnover intention and ultimately increase their retention. The purposes of this descriptive correlational study were 1) to describe the levels of psychological ownership and turnover intention among nurses and 2) to examine the relationship between psychological ownership and turnover intention among nurses in tertiary hospitals in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, the People's Republic of China. The participants consisted of 329 nurses working in Chengdu tertiary hospitals, and the nurses were recruited using stratified random sampling. Research instruments included the Chinese version of Psychological Ownership Questionnaire (POQ) and Turnover Intention Questionnaire (TIQ). The Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of the POQ and TIQ were 0.84 and 0.87, respectively. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and Spearman’s rank-order correlation coefficient.
The results indicated that nurses perceived overall PO, preventive PO, and promotive PO at a moderate level (M = 4.06, SD = 0.70; M = 3.41, SD = 1.15; and M = 4.28, SD = 0.81, respectively). Nurses also perceived overall turnover intention at a moderate level (M = 3.32, SD = 1.02). It was found that there was a statistically significant moderate negative relationship between overall psychological ownership, preventive psychological ownership, promotive psychological ownership, and turnover intention (r = -.41, p <.01; r = -.30, p <.01; and r = -.35, p < 0.01, respectively).
The results of this study provide essential information for nursing managers and hospital administrators to formulate strategies, improve nurses' sense of psychological ownership in various regions, and consequently, reduce their likelihood of resigning.
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