ArticleBMC health services research2020
Should I stay or should I go? The role of leadership and organisational context for hospital physicians' intention to leave their current job.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A global prevalence of turnover intention among doctors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Pooled it
- The Race to Retain Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review on Factors that Impact Retention of Nurses and Physicians in Hospitals.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingPooled it
- Leadership Behavior, Values Alignment, and Future Objective Turnover Among Physicians.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- The Economic Implications of Psychosocial Peer Support for Health Workers in German Hospitals.Journal of healthcare leadership · 2025Article
- The bidirectional relationship between destructive leadership and organizational commitment.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Stay or go? Exploring physician turnover in European Hospitals-Evidence from the METEOR survey.PloS one · 2025Article
- Psychosocial work environment in Swedish primary healthcare: a cross-sectional survey of physicians' job satisfaction, turnover intention, social support, leadership climate and change fatigue.Human resources for health · 2024Article
- Factors influencing the turnover intention for disease control and prevention workers in Northeast China: an empirical analysis based on logistic-ISM model.BMC health services research · 2024Article
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- Individual perspectives and mental maps of working conditions and intention to stay of physicians in academic medicine.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- The prevalence of turnover intention and influencing factors among emergency physicians: A national observation.Journal of global health · 2022Article
- 'Professional-supportive' versus 'economic-operational' management: the relationship between leadership style and hospital physicians' organisational climate.BMC health services research · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundPhysician turnover is a concern in many health care systems globally. A better understanding of physicians' reasons for leaving their job may inform organisational policies to retain key personnel. The aim of this study was to investigate hospital physicians' intention to leave their current job, and to investigate if such intentions are associated with how physicians assess their leaders and the organisational context.
methodsData was derived from a survey of 971 physicians working in public hospitals in Norway in 2016. The data was analysed using descriptive statistics and multivariate analysis.
resultsWe found that 21.0% of all hospital physicians expressed an intention to leave their current job for another job. An additional 20.3% of physicians had not made up their mind whether to stay or leave. Physicians' perceptions of their leaders and the organisational context influence their intention to leave their hospital. Respondents who perceived their leaders as professional-supportive had a significantly lower probability of reporting an intention to leave their job. The analysis suggests that organisational context, such as department mergers, weigh in on physicians' considerations about leaving their current job. Social climate and commitment are important reasons why physician stay.
conclusionsA professional-supportive leadership style may have a positive influence on retention of physicians in public hospitals. Further research should investigate how retention of physicians is associated with performance related to organisational and leadership style.
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