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Table 2 Measures of reasons to quit

From: Competitive employer positioning through career path analysis: the case of the Swiss nursing sector

Latent construct name

Item name (binary scale: 0 = no; 1 = yes)

Statement

Non-nursing tasks avoidance

Non-nursing tasks avoidance (RQ1)

I had to do too many non-nursing tasks (for example, picking up the food plateaus)

Work hours

Work hours (RQ2)

My working hours were too inconvenient

Care quality

Care quality (RQ3)

I had the impression that the quality of the care and/or the patient safety were insufficient

Exhaustion (KR-20 = .70)

Stress (RQ4)

The work was too stressful, too much physical and/or mental stress

Professional exhaustion (RQ24)

I was in a state of professional exhaustion

Health problems (RQ25)

I had a health problem

Violence

Violence (RQ5)

There was increased verbal or physical violence from patients/relatives to nurses

Wish for change (KR-20 = .50)

Interest in other profession (RQ6)

I was interested in another profession

Professional development wish (RQ7)

I wanted to professionally develop

Education wish (RQ27)

I wanted to do an education / a training

Skill-use opportunity

Skill-use opportunity (RQ8)

I was not able to use my nursing education and specific skills

Self-actualisation (KR-20 = .67)

Autonomy (RQ9)

I could hardly work independently

Participation (RQ10)

I had very little opportunity to decide (about the patient care, the department, the company)

Mobbing

Mobbing (RQ11)

I was bullied at the workplace

Interesting job offer

Interesting job offer (RQ12)

I got an interesting job offer

Advancement (KR-20 = .64)

Training opportunities (RQ13)

I could hardly benefit from further training opportunities

Career opportunities (RQ14)

I did not have enough career opportunities

Team (KR-20 = .79)

Team mood (RQ15)

The team mood was bad

Team cooperation (RQ16)

The cooperation in the team was unsatisfying

Superiors (KR-20 = .78)

Superiors' support (RQ17)

I did not get enough support from my superiors

Recognition (RQ18)

My work has not been sufficiently recognised

Organisational commitment

Organisational commitment (RQ19)

At that time, I had no sense of belonging to this organisation

Professional identification

Professional identification (RQ20)

At that time, I was only slightly identified with the nursing profession

Work–life balance (KR-20 = .67)

Work–life balance (RQ21)

I wanted more time for my private life (for example family, travel …)

Taking care of children (RQ22)

I wanted to look after my children

Moving to a new house

Moving to a new house (RQ23)

I moved houses

Salary

Salary (RQ26)

The compensation and/or social benefits were unsatisfying