Job Perceptions and Intent to Leave Among Direct Care Workers: Evidence From the Better Jobs Better Care Demonstrations

Abstract

These findings provide support for many of the management-practice improvements taking place in the field, including those implemented in the BJBC demonstration. Follow-up surveys will provide insight into their effectiveness.

A Prospective Study of Factors Associated with Risk of Turnover among Care Workers in Group Homes for Elderly Individuals with Dementia

“…Brannon et al 15) showed that a care worker's assessment of the quality of supervision they received was inversely associated with the odds ratio for intent to quit a job. They 15) suggested that understanding of the caregiving role by a supervisor and colleague encouraged care workers in their respective jobs and their intention to retain their job. Karantzas et al 6) also suggested that supervisor support demonstrated numerous indirect inverse associations with job quitting intentions.…”

Is Mobility in the Labor Market a Solution to Sustainable Return to Work for Some Sick Listed Persons?

“…High turnover intentions among employees has been associated with strenuous work conditions, such as high work load [46], low advancement possibilities [47], low skill variety [48], low social support [49], low autonomy and feedback [50,51]. Several studies [42,43] have shown positive effects of mobility from jobs that do not fit the individual's competence or abilities.…”

Examining workplace hazard perceptions & employee outcomes in the long-term care industry

“…The self-report measure of hazard perceptions used in the current study is quite general. Second, the current survey is not based on a random sample of employers or employees, although previous analyses indicate that the organizations in this study are not significantly different than other types of LTC facilities (Brannon et al, 2007).…”

“…Respondents were direct care workers (DCWs) whose employer participated in the Better Jobs Better Care (BJBC) demonstration project (Brannon et al, 2007;Kemper et al, 2008). The BJBC was a 4-year, large-scale, multistate demonstration and evaluation program funded between 2002 and 2006 by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Atlantic Philanthropies (Stone and Dawson, 2008).…”