High-performance work practices and nurses' intention to leave: the mediating role of organizational cynicism and the moderating role of human resource management-related educational background. Issue 3 (4th February 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gkorezis, Panagiotis; Georgiou, Loizos; Theodorou, Mamas
• Is Part Of: International journal of human resource management. Volume 29:Issue 3(2018)
• Page Start: 465
• Page End: 484
• Publication Date: 2018-02-04
• Subjects: High-performance work practices -- organizational cynicism -- intention to leave -- educational background -- nurses -- moderated mediation; Personnel management -- Periodicals; Human capital -- Management -- Periodicals; 658.3
• DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2016.1255906
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0958-5192

Abstract

Abstract: Recently, an increasing stream of research has examined high-performance work practices in the health care context. In this vein, high-performance work practices have been shown to be related to various employees' attitudes and behaviors including intention to leave. This study attempted to improve our understanding of the relationship between high-performance work practices and intention to leave by jointly examining mediating and moderating mechanisms. Results from a sample of 299 private nurses supported our moderated mediation model thus demonstrating that organizational cynicism mediated the relationship between high-performance work practices and intention to leave and further that this indirect effect is dependent on nurses' human resource management-related educational background.