Association Between Intention to Leave Work and Quality of Work-Life of Saudi Pharmacists

Background: Family physician program is a complete health-care system, and its human resources are the most important resources like any other healthcare program. Organizational Commitment (OC) and Quality of Work-Life (QWL) are important factors in attracting and retaining employees. Objective: To investigate the association of OC and QWL with the intention to leave the job by family physicians in Shiraz, Iran in 2017. Methods: This was a descriptive analytical study conducted on a sample of 268 family physicians in 2017. For data collection, Porter's organizational commitment, Walton's Quality of Work Life, and Cammann's intention to leave the job questionnaires were used. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS 23.0. Results: The results showed that the levels of OC, QWL, and the intention to leave the job were moderate among the studied family physicians. In addition, the results showed that QWL and OC had negative and significant associations with the intention to leave the job (p-value<0.001), and the QWL had a greater association (Beta=-0.348). Conclusion: It is suggested that more attention should be paid to the family physicians at the Ministry of Health and the provincial level to improve the QWL and OC of the family physicians, and thereby preventing the physicians from leaving their job from the family physician program.

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Factors Affecting the Intention of Millennial Workers in Indonesia to Leave

GATR Journal of Business and Economics Review ◽

10.35609/jber.2019.4.2(2) ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 83-89

Author(s):

Nurul Komari ◽

Sulistiowati Sulistiowati

Keyword(s):

Work Stress ◽

Turnover Intention ◽

Intention To Leave ◽

Work Life ◽

Quality Of Work Life ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Quality Of Work ◽

The Relationship ◽

Life Work

Objective – This study examines the effect of mediating work pressure on the relationship between the quality of work life and the desire to leave of millennial employees. Methodology/Technique – The highest portion of the workforce in Indonesia in 2016 is the millennial generation, which comprises around 62.5 million people. Millennials possess different attitudes, characteristics and skills than the Baby Boomer generation. Millennial employees are perceived to look for the value of work to improve the quality of work life rather than financial benefits. Organizations must understand the character of millennial employees to gain the best talents. Findings – The findings of the study show that quality of work life has a negative and significant effect on work stress. Meanwhile, work stress has a positive and significant effect on intention to leave. Finally, the quality of work life has a negative and significant effect on intention to leave. Research Limitations / Implications – This study concludes that work stress mediates the relationship between the quality of work life and intention to leave. This study concludes that quality of work life is very important for low work stress and reducing the intention to leave among millennial employees. Novelty – These findings expand upon existing research related to the quality of work life, work stress and turnover intention and provides recommendations for organizations to retain millennial employees. Type of Paper: Empirical. Keywords: Millennial; Quality of Work Life; Work Stress; Intention to Leave. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Komari, N.; Sulistiowati. 2019. Factors Affecting the Intention of Millennial Workers in Indonesia to Leave, J. Bus. Econ. Review 4 (2): 83 – 89 https://doi.org/10.35609/jber.2019.4.2(2) JEL Classification: J60, J61, J69.

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