Intentions to quit work among care staff working in the aged care sector Karantzas, Gery C., Mellor, David, McCabe, Marita P., Davison, Tanya E., Beaton, Paul and MrKic, Dejan 2012, Intentions to quit work among care staff working in the aged care sector, Gerontologist, vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 506-516, doi: 10.1093/geront/gnr161. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Intentions to quit work among care staff working in the aged care sector Author(s) Karantzas, Gery C. orcid.org/0000-0002-1503-2991 Mellor, David orcid.org/0000-0001-5007-5906 McCabe, Marita P. Davison, Tanya E. Beaton, Paul MrKic, Dejan Journal name Gerontologist Volume number 52 Issue number 4 Start page 506 End page 516 Total pages 11 Publisher Oxford University Press Place of publication Cary, N.C. Publication date 2012 ISSN 0016-9013 Keyword(s) Staff turnover Supervisor support Job stress Summary Purpose of the Study: The aged care industry experiences high rates of staff turnover. Staff turnover has significant implications for the quality of care provided to care recipients and the financial costs to care agencies. In this study, we applied a model of intention to quit to identify the contextual and personal factors that shape aged care staff’s intention to quit. Design and Methods: A sample of 208 aged care staff, including nurses, personal care assistants, allied health professionals, and managers completed a self-report questionnaire. The questionnaire assessed intention to quit, organizational commitment, job satisfaction, self-esteem, stressors, stress, and supervisor support. Results: The findings largely supported the model. Specifically, job commitment, job satisfaction, and work stressors directly influenced intentions to quit, although work stressors and supervisor support demonstrated numerous indirect associations on quitting intentions. Implications: The findings suggest that aged care service providers can modify aged care workers’ intentions to quit by reducing job stressors and increasing supervisor support. Language eng DOI 10.1093/geront/gnr161 Field of Research 111702 Aged Health Care Socio Economic Objective 920502 Health Related to Ageing HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2012, Oxford University Press Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30046582 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education Faculty of Health School of Psychology Higher Education Research Group Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Link to full-text (open access)   Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 06 Aug 2012, 14:45:01 EST Thu, 09 Aug 2012, 10:02:08 EST Thu, 09 Aug 2012, 10:04:16 EST Tue, 27 Jan 2015, 12:45:17 EST Fri, 08 Nov 2019, 08:37:31 EST Thu, 06 Jan 2022, 07:36:34 EST Fri, 18 Feb 2022, 16:35:17 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 47 times in TR Web of Science Cited 53 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 854 Abstract Views, 3 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 06 Aug 2012, 14:44:50 EST by Jane Moschetti