Factors affecting child welfare and protection workers' intention to quit: a cross-sectional study from Norway

Nilsen, Kristel Høie; Lauritzen, Camilla; Vis, Svein Arild; Iversen, Anita

doi:10.1186/s12960-023-00829-1

Human Resources for Health

Table 3 Regression analyses of variables predictive value on dependent variable "Intention to quit"

From: Factors affecting child welfare and protection workers' intention to quit: a cross-sectional study from Norway

Variables	Total sample Bivariate				Full model		Parcimonius model
	t	p	Beta	ci	Beta	p	Beta	p
Job demands
Work load	4.97	< 0.001	0.300	0.181–0.419	− 0.037	0.706	− 0.073	0.364
Work conflict	1.269	0.206	0.103	− 0.057– 0.264
Work–family conflict	3.064	0.002	0.124	0.044 – 0.204	0.001	0.980
Job resources
Autonomy	− 5.499	< 0.001	− 0.469	− 0.638 – 0.301	0.034	0.714
Social support	− 3.890	< 0.001	− 0.481	− 0.724 − 0.237	− 0.109	0.397
Leadership satisfaction	− 3.314	0.001	− 0.330	− 0.527 − 0.134	− 0.148	0.125	− 0.186	0.025
Engagement	− 8.597	< 0.001	− 0.581	− 0.637 − 0.400	− 0.393	< 0.001	− 0.437	< 0.001
Job satisfaction	− 5.257	< 0.001	− 0.285	− 0.393 − 0.178	− 0.036	0.497
Burn out
Emotional exhaustion	8.491	< 0.001	0.384	0.295 – 0.474	0.088	0.337	0.136	0.029
Professional efficacy	− 3.838	< 0.001	− 0.266	− 0.403– 0.129	0.190	0.020	0.166	0.028
Cynicism	7.836	< 0.001	0.482	0.360 – 0.603	0.174	0.013	0.197	0.004
Experienced/less experienced	1.702	0.090	0.220	− 0.035 – 0.474	− 0.176	0.837	− 0.842	0.076
Age	− 2.621	0.009	− 0.178	− .312 − 0.044	0.067	0.347
Interactions with experience
Work load	2.828	0.005	0.337	0.102 – 0.572	0.171	0.209	0.246	0.017
Work conflict	0.257	0.798	0.049	0.328 – − 0.426
Work–family conflict	0.727	0.468	0.059	− 0.101– 0.219
Autonomy	− 1.807	0.72	− 0.314	− 0.657–0.028
Social support	− 0.911	0.363	− 0.227	− 0.719–0.264
Leadership satisfaction	0.690	0.491	0.140	− 0.259–0.539
Engagement	− 2.994	0.003	− 0.353	− 0.585–− 0.121	− 0.087	0.502
Job satisfaction	− 6.094	< 0.001	− 0.673	− 0.891–0.456
Emotional exhaustion	2.657	0.008	0.241	0.062–0.420	0.067	0.577
Cynicism	1.414	0.159	0.176	− 0.069–0.421
Professional efficacy	− 0.686	0.493	− 0.098	− 0.378–0.183

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