A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO DISCOVER JOB RELATED FACTORS THAT HOSPITAL AND NURSING HOME REGISTERED NURSES CONSIDER IMPORTANT WHEN MAKING AN EMPLOYMENT SELECTION (SATISFACTION, RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE, PERSONNEL TURNOVER).
Contributors: Michigan State University.
Published: 1985
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Education, Vocational.; Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: The purpose of this study is to discover job related factors that hospital and nursing home registered nurses consider important when making an employment selection.

Eighty-three job related factors that are relative to employment selection were investigated to ascertain their perceived importance to job selection by hospital and nursing home registered nurses.

Grounded theory methodology was used to gather the study data. Fifty registered nurses were interviewed for this study. Twenty-five were employed in general acute care hospitals and twenty-five were employed in skilled nursing homes. All the nurses were interviewed using an interview instrument that contained 26 open-ended questions and a listing of 83 job related factors that the nurses were requested to rate using a five point rating scale.

The analysis of the study data resulted in ten conclusions: (1) That the hospital respondents have a negative perception of nursing homes and that perception of a facility is an important factor when selecting employment, (2) That organizational climate is more important than financial considerations, (3) That pay is usually not the main reason for an employment choice or change, (4) That hospital employment offers the best environment for personal and professional growth and development, (5) That participation in the management of the organization and management of personnel are considered as the most important factors, (6) That ownership form has absolutely no importance in employment selection, (7) That hospital employment offers the best environment for professional and peer relationships and associations, (8) That registered nurses who work in nursing homes are viewed negatively by their peers, (9) That registered nurses who work in nursing homes are viewed negatively by the public and, (10) That nursing home administrators are in control of factors perceived as important by registered nurses relative to employment selection.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-12, Section: A, page: 3699.

Thesis (PH.D.)--MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, 1985.

School code: 0128.