title: The mediating effects of job satisfaction on turnover intention for long-term care nurses in Taiwan.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study explores the mediating effects of job satisfaction on work stress and turnover intention among long-term care nurses in Taiwan.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Healthcare institutions face a nursing shortage, and it is important to examine the factors that influence turnover intention among nurses. Excessive levels of work stress may lead to employee dissatisfaction and a significant inverse relationship between work stress and job satisfaction, including subsequent effects on turnover among nurses. However, little is known about the mediating role of job satisfaction on work stress and turnover intention among long-term care nurses.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional survey and a correlation design were used. Multistage linear regression was used to test the mediation model.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This study showed that job satisfaction significantly mediated the relationship between work stress and turnover intention. Thirty-eight percent of the variance in turnover intention explained by work stress was accounted for by the mediation pathway.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of this study showed that higher job satisfaction significantly decreased work stress and turnover intention among long-term care nurses.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study provides nursing administrators with a resource to build a supportive environment to increase nurses' job satisfaction and to decrease their stress and turnover.
authors: Department and Institute of Nursing, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors: Huai-Ting
authors: HT
authors: Kuo
authors: Kuan-Chia
authors: KC
authors: Lin
authors: I-Chuan
authors: IC
authors: Li
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology; D016272:Occupational Health; D010558:Personnel Loyalty; D010563:Personnel Turnover / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013624:Taiwan; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: job satisfaction; long-term care; turnover intention; work stress