Effects of positive psychological capital, reward on retention intention of hospital nurses

Abstract

Purpose: This study is conducted in order to identify a positive psychological capital and rewards as variables in relation to the retention intention of hospital nurses. Methods: The participants were consisted of 350 nurses with 6 months or more of total work experience in 1 senior general hospital and 2 general hospitals in Incheon and individual data were collected from July 22 to August 10. 2019. Collected data was analyzed by t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's Correlation Coefficient, and Multiple Regression Analysis using IBM SPSS statistics 24.0. Results: It was confirmed that the factors affecting the retention intention were never had any resignation impulse' in the past year (β=.11, p=.023), positive psychological capital (β=.43, p