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dc.contributor.authorShacklock, Kate
dc.contributor.authorBrunetto, Yvonne
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:15:24Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:15:24Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2011-10-28T07:03:22Z
dc.identifier.issn13652648
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05709.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/41341
dc.description.abstractAims The aims of the study were to examine how seven variables impacted upon the intention of hospital nurses to continue working as nurses and to investigate whether there are generational differences in these impacts. Background There is a critical shortage of trained nurses working as nurses in Australia, as in many other OECD countries. The retention of nurses has been examined from the traditional management perspectives; however this paper presents a different approach (Meaning of Working theory). Methods A self-report survey of 900 nurses employed across four states of Australia was completed in 2008. The sample was hospital nurses in Australia from three generational cohorts - Baby Boomers (born in Australia between 1946 and 1964), Generation X (1965-1979) and Generation Y (1980-2000). Results/Findings Six variables were found to influence the combined nurses' intentions to continue working as nurses: 1. Work-family conflict 2. Perceptions of autonomy 3. Attachment to work 4. Importance of working to the individual 5. Supervisor-subordinate relationship 6. Interpersonal relationships at work There were differences in the variables affecting the three generations, but attachment to work was the only common variable across all generations, affecting GenYs the strongest. Conclusion The shortage of nurses is conceptualised differently in this paper to assist in finding solutions. However, the results varied for the three generations, suggesting the need to tailor different retention strategies to each age group. Implications for management and policy planning are discussed.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom36
dc.relation.ispartofpageto46
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Advanced Nursing
dc.relation.ispartofvolume68
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHuman Resources Management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNursing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode150305
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1110
dc.titleThe intention to continue nursing: work variables affecting three nurse generations in Australia
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, Dept of Employment Relations and Human Resources
gro.rights.copyright© 2011 Blackwell Publishing. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: The intention to continue nursing: Work factors affecting three nurse generations in Australia, Journal of Advanced Nursing, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05709.x.
gro.date.issued2011
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gro.griffith.authorShacklock, Kate H.


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