title: Intentions to quit work among care staff working in the aged care sector.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aged care industry experiences high rates of staff turnover. Staff turnover has significant implications for the quality of care provided to care recipients and the financial costs to care agencies. In this study, we applied a model of intention to quit to identify the contextual and personal factors that shape aged care staff's intention to quit.
  
  
  METHODS
  A sample of 208 aged care staff, including nurses, personal care assistants, allied health professionals, and managers completed a self-report questionnaire. The questionnaire assessed intention to quit, organizational commitment, job satisfaction, self-esteem, stressors, stress, and supervisor support.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The findings largely supported the model. Specifically, job commitment, job satisfaction, and work stressors directly influenced intentions to quit, although work stressors and supervisor support demonstrated numerous indirect associations on quitting intentions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings suggest that aged care service providers can modify aged care workers' intentions to quit by reducing job stressors and increasing supervisor support.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125, Australia. gery.karantzas@deakin.edu.au
authors.forename: Gery C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Karantzas
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mellor
authors.forename: Marita P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: McCabe
authors.forename: Tanya E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Davison
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Beaton
authors.forename: Dejan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mrkic
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001315:Australia; D005260:Female; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006272:Health Facility Environment; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010563:Personnel Turnover / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012112:Residential Facilities; D012649:Self Concept; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D000078329:Workforce; D017132:Workplace / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology