Xuewen Zhang|Liyan Bian|Xue Bai|Dezhong Kong|Li Liu|Qing Chen|Ningxiu Li
The influence of job satisfaction, resilience and work engagement on turnover intention among village doctors in China: a cross-sectional study
Sichuan University|Jining Medical University|Jining Medical University|Jining Medical University|Sichuan University|Sichuan University|Sichuan University
abstract background gatekeepers rural residents health teams village doctors play vital role improving rural residents health however high turnover village doctors individually collectively threaten stability village medical teams research evaluated influence job satisfaction resilience work engagement village doctors turnover intention explored mediating role work engagement resilience job satisfaction turnover intention village doctors china methods quantitative study using selfadministered questionnaire containing mostly structured items conducted among village doctors sample size 2693 1345 rural clinics shandong province china may june 2019 variables including demographic characteristics job satisfaction resilience work engagement turnover intention based available literature measured 5 6point likert scale statistical methods oneway anova bivariate correlation exploratory factor analysis efa structural equation modelling sem used results 469 subjects higher turnover intention 263 medium turnover intention job satisfaction village doctors could direct negative effect turnover intention 037 p lt 0001 also indirect effect work engagement 004 lt 0001 meanwhile work engagement also direct negative impact turnover intention 013 p lt 0001 resilience indirect negative impact turnover intention work engagement 009 p lt 0001 results study strongly confirmed job satisfaction resilience work engagement early powerful predicators village doctors turnover intention conclusion according results following taken seriously improve job satisfaction reasonable fair income effective promotion mechanism fair social oldage security reasonable workload strong psychological coping mechanisms work stress turnover intention village doctors could reduced improving job satisfaction resilience work engagement