Job Satisfaction & Turnover Intention Among Filipino Operating Theatre Nurses Working in Australia

Abstract

The aim of this research is to find a correlational analysis between job satisfaction and turnover intention among Filipino Operating Theatre Nurses working in Australia, specifically in the Lower Hunter Region of New South Wales, in both public and private settings. A quantitative, non-experimental, descriptive correlational study, survey questionnaire was used for this study with a sample size of 60. The target population was current full-time Filipino registered nurses with at least one year of employment within their organization. Snowball sampling was used to select participants for the survey. The research utilized descriptive statistics to analyze demographic data and inferential statistics to draw correlations between the variables. The findings revealed that no significant relationship was found between general job satisfaction and turnover intention among the nurses. The same lack of significance was observed for the sub-factors (intrinsic and extrinsic factors). This may indicate that the nurses’ desire to stay in their current workplace does not affect the level of satisfaction they feel about their current job. Consequently, the result of the study may serve as a baseline data on future investigation and analysis on the topic. Modifying the demographic profile, the area of practice and even the research setting affect the participants’ perceived level job satisfaction & turnover intention and any alterations may confer different research results.