Does value congruence between nurses and supervisors effect job satisfaction and turnover?

Area of Science:

• Nursing Management
• Organizational Behavior
• Healthcare Administration

Background:

• Nurse turnover negatively impacts healthcare organizations.
• Leadership support and patient outcomes are crucial factors in nursing.
• Congruence in perceived leadership support and patient outcomes requires further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

• To investigate the relationship between perceived congruency of leadership support and patient outcomes.
• To examine the association between this congruency and nurses' job satisfaction and turnover intent.

Main Methods:

• Quantitative, non-experimental study.
• Involved 92 registered nurses and 21 nurse managers across five U.S. non-magnet hospitals.
• Utilized the Satisfaction in Nursing Scale (SINs) and Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI).

Main Results:

• Value congruence in leadership support positively correlated with job satisfaction (r = 0.327 to 0.920, P < 0.05).
• Value congruence in leadership support negatively correlated with turnover intent (r = 0.317, P < 0.05).
• No significant correlation found between value of patient outcomes and turnover intent (r = 0.099, P > 0.05).

Conclusions:

• Congruence in leadership support is associated with increased nurse job satisfaction.
• Leadership support congruency may be a significant factor in mitigating nurse turnover intent.
• Nurse administrators should prioritize leadership support to enhance job satisfaction and reduce turnover.