Relationship between occupational stress and turnover intention in nurses of government and private hospital in Shiraz

Since major parts of human life are passing at work environment and many of our relations and social connections are figuring out during work hours, we can recall a work or a job as the main and important part of life. The aim of current research is to examine the relationship between occupational stress and turnover intention in nurses of governmental and private hospitals in Shiraz City. A number of 450 nurses at governmental hospitals (49 women and 401 men) and 440 nurses at private hospitals (50 men and 390 women) are chosen by the use of simple random sampling method and also Morgan's formula. In order to gather data, a questionnaire has been used. for analyzing data, statistical tests of simultaneous multiple regression, Pearson, Friedman and T-test have used. Results showed that there is a linear relationship between occupational stress and turnover intention at governmental and private hospitals and changes in turnover intention are predicting by occupational stress and its dimensions. Score of occupational stress and turnover intention in female nurses are higher than male nurses while there is not a significant difference between occupational stress and turnover intention in nurses of private hospitals and governmental hospitals. In addition, results showed that there is a negative relationship between age and graduation periods and occupational stress and turnover intention in nurses of private and governmental hospitals while there is a positive significant relationship between occupational stress and turnover intention and work hours’ ratio. Since managers have key roles in organizations, they can cause enhancement in organization's efficiency and productivity in the best manner by recognizing stressor factors and controlling them.