Heritage Brody, Quail Michelle, Cocks Naomi
a School of Psychology and Exercise Science, Murdoch University , Murdoch , Australia and.
b School of Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology, Curtin University , Perth , Australia.
Int J Speech Lang Pathol. 2019 Apr;21(2):189-200. doi: 10.1080/17549507.2018.1441439. Epub 2018 Mar 5.
This study explored the predictors of the outcomes of turnover and occupation attrition intentions for speech-language pathologists. The researchers examined the mediating effects of job satisfaction and strain on the relationship between stress and the latter outcomes. Additionally, the researchers examined the importance of embeddedness in predicting turnover intentions after accounting for stress, strain and job satisfaction.
An online questionnaire was used to explore turnover and attrition intentions in 293 Australian speech-language pathologists.
Job satisfaction contributed to a significant indirect effect on the stress and turnover intention relationship, however strain did not. There was a significant direct effect between stress and turnover intention after accounting for covariates. Embeddedness and the perceived availability of alternative jobs were also found to be significant predictors of turnover intentions. The mediating model used to predict turnover intentions also predicted occupation attrition intentions. The effect of stress on occupation attrition intentions was indirect in nature, the direct effect negated by mediating variables. Qualitative data provided complementary evidence to the quantitative model.
The findings indicate that the proposed parsimonious model adequately captures predictors of speech-language pathologists' turnover and occupation attrition intentions. Workplaces and the profession may wish to consider these retention factors.
本研究探讨了言语治疗师离职和职业倦怠意向结果的预测因素。研究人员考察了工作满意度和压力对压力与后两者结果之间关系的中介作用。此外，研究人员在考虑了压力、压力反应和工作满意度之后，考察了归属感在预测离职意向方面的重要性。
采用在线问卷对293名澳大利亚言语治疗师的离职和倦怠意向进行了调查。
工作满意度对压力与离职意向之间的关系有显著的间接影响，而压力反应则没有。在考虑协变量后，压力与离职意向之间存在显著的直接影响。归属感和对其他工作可获得性的认知也被发现是离职意向的重要预测因素。用于预测离职意向的中介模型也预测了职业倦怠意向。压力对职业倦怠意向的影响本质上是间接的，直接影响被中介变量抵消。定性数据为定量模型提供了补充证据。
研究结果表明，所提出的简约模型充分捕捉了言语治疗师离职和职业倦怠意向的预测因素。工作场所和该行业可能希望考虑这些留任意愿因素。
