The Effect of Job Placement and Job Satisfaction towards Turnover Intention

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this research was to investigate the influence of placement and job satisfaction either simultaneously or partially to turnover intention of nurses. Turnover intention of nurses during period of year 2013 to 2015 are showed 28% per year. This number was high compared to turnover intention normal level which is about 5 – 10% per year. Placement and job satisfaction are the independent variables and intention turnover is dependent variable. Placement dimensions in this research are consist of academic achievement, job experiences, physical and mental health, marital status, and age. Job satisfaction dimensions are pay, promotion, supervision, fringe benefit, contingent reward, operation condition, co-worker, nature of work, and communication. This research took place at RSU An-Nisa Tangerang. Samples that used in this research were 60 nurses that was determined using purposive sampling method. Data analysis method was multiple linear regression analysis using SPSS version 22 program. The results of this research indicates that there is no significant influence of placement to turnover intention (p-value of 0,155 > 0,05). Meanwhile, job satisfaction has significant influence to turnover intention (p-value of 0,000 < 0,05). The R 2 (R square) value of 0.340 means that in this research the job satisfaction give effective contribution of 34% to the turnover intention.
KEYWORDS: placement, job satisfaction, turnover intention.