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T1 - Brief report: Organisational predictors of actual staff turnover in a service for people with multiple disabilities
AU - Hatton, C
AU - Emerson, E
PY - 1998/6
Y1 - 1998/6
N2 - Questionnaire data were collected from 59 direct care staff in a residential service for people with multiple disabilities, and compared to actual staff turnover 3 years later. The questionnaire asked for information relating to: demographic characeristics of staff; perceived job tasks and work roles; perceived practical and emotional support from other staff; commitment to the organisation; job satisfaction; coping strategies; perceived stress; and intention to quit the organisation. Staff who had stayed with the organisation were younger, educated to a lower level, more satisfied with promotion prospects and public respect for the job, experienced less role ambiguity and role conflict, and received more practical support from their immediate supervisor, compared to staff who had left the organisation. A logistic regression analysis revealed that the two most important predictors of actual staff turnover were staff satisfaction with public respect for the job and levels of practical support from supervisors. The implications of these findings are discussed.
AB - Questionnaire data were collected from 59 direct care staff in a residential service for people with multiple disabilities, and compared to actual staff turnover 3 years later. The questionnaire asked for information relating to: demographic characeristics of staff; perceived job tasks and work roles; perceived practical and emotional support from other staff; commitment to the organisation; job satisfaction; coping strategies; perceived stress; and intention to quit the organisation. Staff who had stayed with the organisation were younger, educated to a lower level, more satisfied with promotion prospects and public respect for the job, experienced less role ambiguity and role conflict, and received more practical support from their immediate supervisor, compared to staff who had left the organisation. A logistic regression analysis revealed that the two most important predictors of actual staff turnover were staff satisfaction with public respect for the job and levels of practical support from supervisors. The implications of these findings are discussed.
KW - DIRECT-CARE STAFF
KW - JOB-SATISFACTION
KW - LEARNING-DISABILITIES
KW - NURSING STAFF
KW - STRESS
KW - BURNOUT
KW - NURSES
U2 - 10.1111/j.1468-3148.1998.tb00058.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1468-3148.1998.tb00058.x
M3 - Journal article
VL - 11
SP - 166
EP - 171
JO - Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
JF - Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
SN - 1360-2322
IS - 2
ER -