Workplace spirituality and organizational justice in turnover intention of mental health professionals at small-sized centres

Abstract

Aim

To investigate the influence of workplace spirituality and organizational justice on the turnover intentions of mental health professionals working in small-sized communities.

Background

Many community mental health facilities in Korea are consist of the small size of members, and the turnover rate of mental health professionals is high. However, the influence of individual and organizational factors for lowering the turnover is not clearly identified.

Method

This was a descriptive study. Data of 168 participants were collected through a self-reported online questionnaire using a convenience sample, June 2020.

Result

Multiple regression analysis uses interactional justice (β = −.437, p = .002), distributional justice (β = −.190, p = .011) and age (β = −.152, p = .033) that were the most important predictors of turnover intention.

Conclusion

Orgnisational factors such as distributional and interactional justice affect to reduce turnover intention more than an individual factor like the workplace spirituality of professionals.

Implications for Nursing Management

Small-sized mental health institutions in the community should establish a clear working guideline that can make the distribution, procedure and interactional justice. Because only a small percentage of nurses work at community mental health facilities, it is necessary to reduce turnover by creating a work environment where young nurse practitioners can work long-term and grow into leaders.