Abstract:
Employee retention has become a business priority in today’s VUCA world
where sustainability of an organization in business is assured with the retention of well
trained and highly skilled employees. One industry that suffers globally due to the turnover
of the qualified as well as trainees, is healthcare. High turnover of nursing students being a
critical issue at a particular Nurses training school, this study investigated in to the
relationship between training effectiveness and retention intention of nursing students
mediated by job satisfaction. The study adapted the quantitative research approach and
questionnaires were used to collect data. A census survey was planned with a sample size of
298 Student Nurses. Coefficient, Correlation and Regression analysis were used to examine
data gathered. The study revealed that there is a strong and positive relationship between
training effectiveness, job satisfaction and retention intention. As per the regression analysis,
job satisfaction has a fully mediating effect on the relationship between training
effectiveness and retention intentions of nursing students. One significant finding was that
Training Effectiveness and Job Satisfaction were found to be the only variables that could
impact Retention Intention of Nursing students. Even if there could be other variables that
could have an impact upon Retention Intention, they are statistically insignificant as per this
particular study. Key recommendations will be conducting an As-Is study with the same
audience keeping the findings of this study as a bench mark and initiate steps to bridge the
gap, incorporating discussions of modern findings, revisit existing teaching methods,
incorporation of high-fidelity stimulation activities, implementing an empowering education
model and re-audit to assess the impact after the implementation of above mentioned
recommendations.
