Abstract

Relative to the broader industrial-organizational (I-O) psychology field, research on the turnover of substance use disorder (SUD) treatment staff is in its infancy. Despite its long and rich history, recent reviews of the turnover literature within I-O psychology have noted that there remains considerable room for improvement. In particular, recommendations have been made for research that considers time in the turnover process and explores more distal causes of staff turnover. Addressing these gaps, this article examined the temporal relationship between latent measures of psychological climate, work attitude, and staff turnover. Using data from 95 SUD treatment staff clustered within 29 treatment organizations, multilevel discrete-time survival analyses revealed that a latent measure of work attitude (e.g., job satisfaction, pay satisfaction, turnover intentions) fully mediated the temporal relationship between latent measures of psychological climate (e.g., supervisor support, coworker support, role conflict) and subsequent staff turnover.

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Authors

Garner BR, Hunter BD

Institution

Chestnut Health Systems, Normal, IL 61761, USA. brgarner@chestnut.org

Source

Journal of substance abuse treatment 44:2 2013 Feb pg 193-200

MeSH

Adult
Attitude of Health Personnel
Conflict (Psychology)
Data Collection
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Interprofessional Relations
Job Satisfaction
Male
Middle Aged
Personnel Turnover
Social Support
Substance Abuse Treatment Centers
Substance-Related Disorders

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Language

eng

PubMed ID

22658290