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Job sharing: a retention strategy for nurses.

D Kane1

  • 1University of Windsor, School of Nursing, ON.

Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership
|November 30, 2000
PubMed
Summary

Job sharing enhances job satisfaction and retention for nurses. This employment option benefits both healthcare employers seeking experienced staff and nurses balancing work and personal life.

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Area of Science:

  • Nursing
  • Healthcare Management
  • Organizational Psychology

Background:

  • Job sharing offers a flexible employment alternative for nurses.
  • It aims to improve work-life balance and retain experienced staff.
  • Understanding its impact on job satisfaction and burnout is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate differences in job satisfaction, burnout, and intent to leave among nurses in full-time, part-time, and job-sharing roles.
  • To evaluate the effectiveness of job sharing as a retention strategy.
  • To provide data for nursing administrators and individual nurses.

Main Methods:

  • A quasi-experimental, ex post facto research design was employed.
  • Data were collected from 269 nurses at a Canadian teaching hospital.
  • Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to compare job satisfaction, burnout, and intent to leave across employment groups.

Main Results:

  • Job sharing significantly positively impacts nurses' job satisfaction.
  • Job sharing demonstrates a significant positive effect on job retention.
  • No significant differences were found in burnout levels across the groups.

Conclusions:

  • Job sharing is an effective strategy for enhancing nurse job satisfaction and retention.
  • Implementing job sharing can help healthcare organizations retain valuable nursing talent.
  • This model supports nurses in achieving a better work-life integration.

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