Aim: This study sought to investigate some possible job stress factors that could influence newly recruited nurses' behaviour to either continue or discontinue their job with their organization.
Design: A cross-sectional study design was adopted for this study.
Method: Using 654 responses from novice nurses working in 20 county Chinese hospitals, we estimated the effects of six job stressors from the perceived stress scale on the turnover intention with a structural equation model in AMOS version 21 software.
Results: The results showed that four stressors, stress from taking care of patients (β = 0.111, p < .01), stress from roles and workload (β = 0.129, p < .001), stress from co-workers and daily life (β = 0.323, p < .001) and stress from lack of professional knowledge and skills (β = 0.137, p < .001), from the perceived stress scale had a significant impact on turnover intention among nurses.
Keywords: job stress factors; newly recruited nurses; turnover intention.
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