title: Perceived organizational support and intention to remain: The mediating roles of career success and self-esteem.
abstract: The aim of this study was to explore the relationships among perceived organizational support, career success, self-esteem and intention to remain. A cross-sectional study was designed, and subjects were recruited from six nonprofit organizations in China in spring 2015. A convenience sample of 610 nurses answered a survey with questions related to their ideas about their work. Structural equation modelling analyses were conducted. The results revealed that perceived organizational support was positively associated with intention to remain and career success, which, in turn, mediated the relationship between perceived organizational support and intention to remain. We also found that self-esteem mediated the relationships between perceived organizational support and career success and between career success and intention to remain. Higher perceived organizational support, career success and self-esteem can increase intention to remain in Chinese nurses.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
authors.forename: Jingying
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
authors.forename: Yan-Hui
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002321:Career Choice; D002322:Career Mobility; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010465:Perception; D012649:Self Concept
keywords: career success; intention to remain; nursing; perceived organizational support; self-esteem