Career plateau, Abusive Supervision, and their Relation to Nurses' Intention to Quit at Mansoura Medical Specialty Hospital

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1 Assistant Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt.

2 Lecturer of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt.

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Background: Nowadays, everyone eventually reaches a point in their profession where their hierarchical advancement is reduced. Abusive supervision pushes nurses to develop a sense of unfairness towards their hospital and perform workplace intention to quit. Aim: To determine the relationship between career plateau, abusive supervision, and nurses' intention to quit at Mansoura Medical Specialty Hospital. Subject and Methods: A descriptive correlational research design was used with a sample of 147 nurses who working at Medical Specialty Hospital. Three tools were used for data collection: Career Plateau Questionnaire, Abusive Supervision Questionnaire, and Turnover Intention Questionnaire. Results: Majority of studied nurses had a low level of abusive supervision and intention to quit respectively (82.3% and 73.5%) at the workplace, and nearly half of the studied nurses (45.6%) had a high level of career plateau. Conclusion: There was a highly statistically significant positive correlation between abusive supervision and career plateau whereas no statistically significant correlation with intention to quit. Recommendations: Implement corrective disciplinary systems to address supervisory abusive and workplace deviant behavior and develop a clear road map for career advancement of the head nurses to reduce career plateauing.

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