Abstract:

Objective To investigate the relationship between effort-reward imbalance and job burnout and turnover intention. Methods Six hundred and eighty nurses in three municipal comprehensive hospitals in Hangzhou were surveyed utilizing Questionnaires on general conditions, Effort-Reward Imbalance Inventory, Maslach Burnout Inventory and Turnover Intention Inventory, and 470 effective questionnaires were obtained (69.1%). Results Among the nurses surveyed, 31.9% of the nurses were in the state of effort-rewards imbalance, and 82.3% of nurses were overloaded in job. Effort-reward imbalance was significantly related to job burnout and turnover intention (P<0.01), and effort-reward imbalance and job burnout had directly impact on turnover intention (P<0.05). Conclusion To decrease the turnover intention of nurses and improve the nursing development, the measures of salary increase and job promotion optimization should be adopted to inverse the state of effort-reward imbalance and prevent nurses from job burnout. In addition, more attention should be paid to young nurses and contract nurses to decrease the turnover intention.

Key words: effort-reward imbalance, nurse, job burnout, turnover intention