Employee Turnover and Employee Performance: A Comparative Study among Nurses

Abstract

This descriptive research study has been undertaken in Tirunelveli city, Tamilnadu to foresee and differentiate perception of the nurses working in multi-speciality and single speciality hospitals towards the impact of employee turnover on performance of existing nurses. The study has sampled 120 nurses (60 from multi and 60 from single speciality hospitals) qualified with Diploma in General Nursing and Midwifery (DGNM) and Bachelor in Nursing (B.Sc Nursing) courses using judgement sampling technique. The analysed primary data collected through a constructed questionnaire has found that nurses working in single speciality hospitals have shown higher perception towards work load, work time, loss of interest, work stress and inability to provide information than multi-speciality hospitals. Nurses working in both kinds of hospitals have shown equal perception towards health related problems, conflict and dispute, sense of commitment and morale. Nurses who are working in both kinds of hospitals with the characteristic of married, less than 30years of age, drawing less than Rs.8000 salary and having less than 2years of work experience have shown high perception towards impact of employee turnover on performance of existing nurses