Samenvatting

This study investigated how job satisfaction influenced organizational commitment which, in turn, influenced employee turnover intention among medical staff in a Chinese hospital in Beijing. Data were collected from 107 hospital employees using a questionnaire-based survey. The survey measured various demographic factors (i.e., age, gender, education, and department), job
satisfaction, organizational commitment, and turnover intention. Results showed that the youngest and oldest staff were the least likely to have turnover intention; doctors, compared with admin and nursing staff, were the most likely to have turnover intentions; those staff with a medical degree were more likely to have turnover intentions than those without. Finally, mediation analysis showed that organizational commitment mediated the negative relationship between satisfaction and turnover intention. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed.