Factors associated with the nurses’ intent to stay in China, Japan, and Korea: an integrative review
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Oct 02, 2020
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Article Category: Original article
Published Online: Oct 02, 2020
Page range: 269 - 278
Received: Dec 25, 2019
Accepted: Feb 11, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2020-0037
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Figure 1

Qualitative PICO criteria: What factors are associated with retention of nurses in the current workforce?_
Population | Intervention | Comparison | Outcome |
---|---|---|---|
Nurse | Nil | Nil | Intent to stay |
Paramedic | Retention intention | ||
Registered nurse |
Articles included in this study_
No. | Author | Title | Journal | Geographical location | Study design | Instrument | Sample size | Reliability (report or not) | Validity (report or not) |
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1 | Wang et al., 2012 | Job satisfaction, occupational commitment and intent to stay among Chinese nurses: a cross-sectional questionnaire survey | Journal of Advanced Nursing | China | Cross-sectional Study | Chinese Nurses Job Satisfaction Scale; Occupational Commitment Scale; and Intent to Quit and Job Search Scales | 560 | Yes | Nil |
2 | Satoh et al., 2018 | Determinants Strengthening Japanese Nurses’ Intention to Stay at Their Current Hospital | The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine | Japan | Cross-sectional Study | Self-reported questionnaire of determinants strengthening intention to stay at the current hospital | 1,034 | Nil | Yes |
3 | Takase et al., 2016 | Retaining the nursing workforce: factors contributing to the reduction of nurses’ turnover intention in Japan | Journal of Nursing Management | Japan | Cross-sectional Study | Turnover-attachment motive survey; Turnover intention scale | 1,337 | Yes | Yes |
4 | Chen et al., 2016 | Organization-based self-esteem mediates the effects of social support and job satisfaction on intention to stay in nurses | Journal of Nursing Management | China | Cross-sectional Study | Work stress scale; Promotion opportunity scale; Job satisfaction scale; Organization-based self-esteem scale; and Intention to stay in nursing scale | 791 | Yes | Yes |
5 | Kodama et al., 2016 | Is nurse managers’ leadership style related to Japanese staff nurses’ affective commitment to their hospital | Journal of Nursing Management | Japan | Cross-sectional Study | Affective Commitment Scale, Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire Form 5X–Short; Organizational Justice Questionnaire | 396 | Yes | Yes |
6 | Chen et al., 2013 | Organizational support, organizational identification and organizational citizenship behaviour among male nurses | Journal of Nursing Management | China | Cross-sectional Study | Perceived Organizational Support Inventory; Organizational Identification Questionnaire; and Organizational Citizenship Behavior Questionnaire | 167 | Yes | Yes |
7 | Cho et al., 2014 | Average hospital length of stay, nurses’ work demands, and their health and job outcomes | Journal of Nursing Scholarship | Korea | Cross-sectional Study | COPSOQ II | 746 | Yes | Yes |
8 | Chen et al., 2017 | Relationship between Transition Shock and Resilience of Newly-graduated Nurses. | Journal of Nursing | China | Cross-sectional Study | Transition impact assessment scale for new nurses, Chinese version of resilience scale | 200 | Yes | Yes |
9 | Zhao et al., 2018 | Impact of workplace violence against nurses’ thriving at work, job satisfaction and turnover intention: A cross-sectional study | Journal of Clinical Nursing | China | Cross-sectional Study | Workplace violence; Job satisfaction; Thriving at work; and Turnover intention | 1,362 | Yes | Yes |
10 | Choi and Lee, 2017 | Workplace violence against nurses in Korea and its impact on professional quality of life and turnover intention | Journal of Nursing Management | Korea | Cross-sectional Study | Post-violence management; ProQOL; and Turnover intention | 365 | Yes | Yes |
11 | Tei-Tominaga et al., 2018 | Generation-Common and Specific Factors in Intention to Leave among Female Hospital Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study Using a Large Japanese Sample | International Journal of Environmental Research And Public Health | Japan | Cross-sectional Study | Effort-Reward Imbalance Questionnaire; Role Model Scale; Social Support in the Workplace; and Intention to Leave | 11,171 | Vague | Yes |
12 | Li et al., 2018 | Relationship between nurses’ turnover intention and organizational environment in tertiary hospitals in Beijing | Journal of Nursing Science | China | Cross-sectional Study | Organizational Justice Scale; Organizational Support Scale; Turnover Intention Scale | 2,607 | Yes | Yes |
13 | Kudo et al., 2010 | Enhancing Work Motivation for Japanese Female Nurses in Small to Medium-Sized Private Hospitals by Analyzing Job Satisfaction | The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine | Japan | Cross-sectional Study | Nurses’ dedication to patients; nurses’ contribution to hospitals’ satisfaction scale | 1,815 | Nil | Yes |
14 | Wang et al., 2018 | When nurse emotional intelligence matters: How transformational leadership influences intent to stay | Journal of Nursing Management | China | Cross-sectional Study | Transformational leadership scale; Emotional Intelligence Scale; and intent to stay | 623 | Yes | Yes |
15 | Lee et al., 2011 | Role of internal marketing, organizational commitment, and job stress in discerning the turnover intention of Korean nurses | Japan Journal of Nursing Science | Japan | Cross-sectional Study | Organizational Commitment Questionnaire; Job Stress Scale; Internal marketing; and Turnover intention | 210 | Yes | Yes |
16 | Gregg et al., 2013 | Nurse managers’ strategies for the integration of newly graduated nurses into clinical units in Japan: a qualitative exploratory study | The Open Nursing Journal | Japan | Qualitative study | Semi-structured interview | 9 | Nil | Nil |
17 | Kim and Lee, 2017 | Turnover Experience of Male Nurses | Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing | Korea | Qualitative study | Semi-structured interview | 13 | Nil | Nil |