RESEARCH ARTICLE
Factors Affecting the Family Physicians' Intention to Leave the Job: A Case of Iran
Rita Rezaee1, Pegah Shoaahaghighi2, Najmeh Bordbar3, Karam Tavani4, Ramin Ravangard5, *
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2019Volume: 12
First Page: 482
Last Page: 488
Publisher ID: TOPHJ-12-482
DOI: 10.2174/1874944501912010482
Article History:
Received Date: 01/07/2019Revision Received Date: 22/09/2019
Acceptance Date: 29/10/2019
Electronic publication date: 16/12/2019
Collection year: 2019
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Abstract
Background:
Family physician program is a complete health-care system, and its human resources are the most important resources like any other healthcare program. Organizational Commitment (OC) and Quality of Work-Life (QWL) are important factors in attracting and retaining employees.
Objective:
To investigate the association of OC and QWL with the intention to leave the job by family physicians in Shiraz, Iran in 2017.
Methods:
This was a descriptive analytical study conducted on a sample of 268 family physicians in 2017. For data collection, Porter's organizational commitment, Walton's Quality of Work Life, and Cammann's intention to leave the job questionnaires were used. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS 23.0.
Results:
The results showed that the levels of OC, QWL, and the intention to leave the job were moderate among the studied family physicians. In addition, the results showed that QWL and OC had negative and significant associations with the intention to leave the job (p-value<0.001), and the QWL had a greater association (Beta=-0.348).
Conclusion:
It is suggested that more attention should be paid to the family physicians at the Ministry of Health and the provincial level to improve the QWL and OC of the family physicians, and thereby preventing the physicians from leaving their job from the family physician program.