Turnover Intention and Its Related Factors of Employed Doctors in Korea
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design, Data, Study Population
2.2. Variables
2.2.1. Dependent Variable
2.2.2. Independent Variables
2.3. Method of Statistical Analysis
2.4. Research Ethics
3. Results
3.1. Turnover Intentions
3.2. Factors Associated with the Turnover Intentions of Employed Doctors
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | Turnover Intentions | Total | % | p-Value * | ||||
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Yes | No | |||||||
N | % | N | % | |||||
Total | 828 | 30.5 | 1891 | 69.5 | 2719 | |||
Gender | Male | 659 | 31.1 | 1459 | 68.9 | 2118 | 77.9 | 0.175 |
Female | 169 | 28.1 | 432 | 71.9 | 601 | 22.1 | ||
Age | ≤39 | 534 | 42.2 | 731 | 57.8 | 1265 | 46.5 | 0.000 * |
40–49 | 221 | 25.0 | 664 | 75.0 | 885 | 32.5 | ||
50–59 | 52 | 14.0 | 320 | 86.0 | 372 | 13.7 | ||
≥60 | 21 | 10.7 | 176 | 89.3 | 197 | 7.2 | ||
Specialty | Internal | 397 | 32.7 | 816 | 67.3 | 1213 | 44.6 | 0.004 * |
Surgery | 309 | 31.0 | 689 | 69.0 | 998 | 36.7 | ||
Support | 103 | 23.6 | 334 | 76.4 | 437 | 16.1 | ||
No specialty certification | 19 | 26.8 | 52 | 73.2 | 71 | 2.6 | ||
Type of healthcare facility | Clinic | 194 | 39.6 | 296 | 60.4 | 490 | 18.0 | 0.000 * |
Hospital | 154 | 26.7 | 422 | 73.3 | 576 | 21.2 | ||
General hospital | 251 | 23.7 | 808 | 76.3 | 1059 | 38.9 | ||
Tertiary hospital | 188 | 59.9 | 126 | 40.1 | 314 | 11.5 | ||
Convalescent | 41 | 14.6 | 239 | 85.4 | 280 | 10.3 | ||
Nature of healthcare facility | Public | 109 | 32.2 | 230 | 67.8 | 339 | 12.5 | 0.488 |
Private | 719 | 30.2 | 1661 | 69.8 | 2380 | 87.5 | ||
Region | Dong | 758 | 30.5 | 1726 | 69.5 | 2484 | 91.4 | 0.882 |
Eup/myeon | 70 | 29.8 | 165 | 70.2 | 235 | 8.6 | ||
Length of current employment (years) | 1–5 | 695 | 33.8 | 1362 | 66.2 | 2057 | 75.7 | 0.000 * |
6–10 | 96 | 23.9 | 306 | 76.1 | 402 | 14.8 | ||
11–15 | 30 | 19.4 | 125 | 80.6 | 155 | 5.7 | ||
≥16 | 7 | 6.7 | 98 | 93.3 | 105 | 3.9 | ||
Usual number of hours worked per week | ≤40 | 115 | 20.9 | 434 | 79.1 | 549 | 20.2 | 0.000 * |
41–52 | 501 | 29.7 | 1186 | 70.3 | 1687 | 62.0 | ||
53–64 | 122 | 41.1 | 175 | 58.9 | 297 | 10.9 | ||
≥ 65 | 90 | 48.4 | 96 | 51.6 | 186 | 6.8 | ||
Income satisfaction | Unsatisfactory | 361 | 41.0 | 520 | 59.0 | 881 | 32.4 | 0.000 * |
Neutral | 334 | 27.4 | 885 | 72.6 | 1219 | 44.8 | ||
Satisfactory | 133 | 21.5 | 486 | 78.5 | 619 | 22.8 |
Variables | Turnover Intentions | ||||
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Odds Ratio | 95% Confidence Interval | p-Value * | |||
Lower | Upper | ||||
Gender | Male | 1.462 | 1.167 | 1.831 | 0.001 |
Female (ref.) | 1.000 | ||||
Age | |||||
≤39 | 1.555 | 1.254 | 1.929 | 0.000 | |
40–49 (ref.) | 1.000 | ||||
50–59 | 0.581 | 0.409 | 0.826 | 0.003 | |
≥60 | 0.439 | 0.266 | 0.725 | 0.001 | |
Specialty | Internal (ref.) | 1.000 | |||
Surgery | 0.816 | 0.667 | 0.998 | 0.048 | |
Support | 0.711 | 0.542 | 0.934 | 0.014 | |
No specialty certification | 0.748 | 0.416 | 1.347 | 0.334 | |
Type of healthcare facility | Clinic | 2.083 | 1.627 | 2.666 | 0.000 |
Hospital | 1.172 | 0.918 | 1.495 | 0.203 | |
General hospital (ref.) | 1.000 | ||||
Tertiary hospital | 3.242 | 2.413 | 4.356 | 0.000 | |
Convalescent hospital | 0.660 | 0.447 | 0.974 | 0.036 | |
Length of employment (years) | 1–5 | 1.269 | 0.961 | 1.674 | 0.093 |
6–10 (ref.) | 1.000 | ||||
11–15 | 0.867 | 0.534 | 1.407 | 0.564 | |
≥16 | 0.359 | 0.155 | 0.834 | 0.017 | |
Usual number of work hours per week | ≤40 | 0.698 | 0.545 | 0.894 | 0.004 |
41–52 (ref.) | 1.000 | ||||
53–64 | 1.130 | 0.852 | 1.499 | 0.396 | |
≥65 | 1.431 | 1.006 | 2.034 | 0.046 | |
Satisfaction with income | Satisfactory (ref.) | 1.000 | |||
Neutral | 1.396 | 1.097 | 1.777 | 0.007 | |
Unsatisfactory | 2.009 | 1.561 | 2.586 | 0.000 | |
Chi-square (degrees of freedom) | 401.094 (19) *** | ||||
Hosmer-Lemeshow test (degrees of freedom) | 10.208 (8) |
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Oh, S.; Kim, H. Turnover Intention and Its Related Factors of Employed Doctors in Korea. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 2509. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16142509
Oh S, Kim H. Turnover Intention and Its Related Factors of Employed Doctors in Korea. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16(14):2509. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16142509
Chicago/Turabian StyleOh, Suhyun, and Hyeongsu Kim. 2019. "Turnover Intention and Its Related Factors of Employed Doctors in Korea" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 14: 2509. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16142509