A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted at 12 hospitals in the Tohoku and Kanto regions of Japan. We analysed the data of 485 nurses who met the inclusion criteria of planning to stay at their current hospital and completing all questionnaire items. An exploratory factor analysis indicated that variables strengthening intention to stay at the current hospital could be grouped into five factors: “comfortable workplace environment,” “passive motivational factors,” “convenience of hospital location,” “favorable work-life balance,” and “fulfilment in nursing.” Nurses who were married or had children placed a higher priority on a “favorable work-life balance” in remaining at their current workplace. Regular employees or nurses working in the smaller cities tended to display higher “passive motivational factors,” which comprised various extrinsic factors. Though extrinsic factors are considered to make only short-term contributions to employee retention, they could generate positive synergistic effects when combined with intrinsic motivations such as “fulfilment in nursing.” Effective nurse-retention strategies should be developed by capitalizing on the interaction among the five factors that strengthen nurses to stay at their current hospital.（東北・関東地方の12病院485名の看護職者から回答を得た。今後も現在の職場で働くつもりであると回答した看護職者の理由は、探索的因子分析の結果、“快適な職場環境,” “消極的な要因,” “便利な立地,” “良好なワークライフバランス,” “看護の充実” という5要因に分類された。既婚または子どものいる看護職者は良好なワークライフバランスを優先し、正職員または小規模都市で働く看護職者は、様々な消極的な要因を選択していた。看護職を職場に留まらせるためには5つの要因の相互作用を利用することが必要である。）
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Miho Satoh，Ikue Watanabe，Kyoko Asakura
