Factors Influencingthe Job Retention of Generation X and Generation Y Professional Nurses in Phichit Hospital

Abstract

The purpose of this descriptive research were to study 1) the personal factors and organizational factors by perception of generation X and generation Yprofessional nurses; 2) the job retention of generation X and generation Y professional nurses; and 3) the influence of personal factors and organizational factors on the job retention of generation X and generation Yprofessional nurses. The research sample consisted of 172 generation X and generation Yprofessional nurses who have working indepartment of nursing at Phichit Hospital. The instruments used consisted of three section: 1) general informationthat they were information about personal factors 2) factors that influence the job retention,and 3) occupational job retention of professional nurses. These questionnaires were tested for reliability, validity that the survey was conducted by 5 expertsand Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The reliability in part 2 and 3 was 0.97, 0.87 respectively. Research data were analyzed by both descriptive statistics (percentage, mean, standard deviation), multiple linear regression analysis with stepwise selection method. The research findings were as follows;1) the personal factors ;the generation Xprofessional nurseshadmost count were 59.30% and the generation Y professional nurses had 40.70% ,the organizational factors by perception generation X and generation Yprofessional nurses were at the moderate level2) The level of the job retention of professional nurses was at the high level, and3) factors influencing the retention of generation X and generation Yprofessional nurses include: the organizational factorshad 2 sides were organizational characteristics about job security, job design and work about the flexibility of working time and the personal factor was age (p < .01). These factors could predict the job retention of generation X and generation Yprofessional nurses accounted for 25.40 %.