The Correlation Between Psychological Capital, Intention to Leave, Work Job and Environment Satisfaction, and Political Skills Among Different Generations Nurses

September 22, 2025 updated by: Mackay Memorial Hospital

Purpose

  1. To understand the current status of demographic characteristics, inclination to resign, Psychological Capital, work environment and job satisfaction, and political skills among incumbent clinical nursing staff across different generations.
  2. To understand the correlation and interaction between demographic characteristics, inclination to resign, Psychological Capital, work environment and job satisfaction, and political skills among incumbent clinical nursing staff across different generations.

Expected outcomes

  1. This study will provide objective and empirical data on the psychological capital, turnover intention, work environment and satisfaction, and political skills of clinical nursing personnel from different generations. By examining demographic variables, further exploration of the correlations among different attributes such as units, age, and positions (e.g., clinical nurses, nursing supervisors, specialist nurses) can be conducted. Through the research findings, the current status and needs of clinical nursing can be understood.
  2. The results of this study will enable clinical nursing units in the future to implement measures to improve the psychological capital and address turnover intentions of nursing personnel from different generations and positions. Based on this objective and concrete data, relevant courses or training programs can be developed to retain excellent clinical nursing personnel.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

646

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Taiwan
      • Taipei, Taiwan, 104
        • Mackay Memorial Hospital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Licensed nursing staff.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Aged 20 years or older.
  • Currently employed in a hospital and possessing a nursing license.
  • Willing to participate in this study.
  • Currently employed as full-time or part-time nursing staff at the hospital.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Nursing staff who do not possess a nursing license.
  • Nursing staff who are unwilling to participate in the study.
  • Nursing staff who have already completed the related research questionnaire in the pilot study.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Clinical Nurse (Registered Nurse)
Other: No intervention (Only observation)
No intervention
Nursing Practitioners
Other: No intervention (Only observation)
No intervention

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Psychological Capital
Time Frame: Baseline

This study utilized the Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ) developed by scholars Luthans. It is used to measure nurses' level of psychological capital. The PCQ consists of 24 items designed to assess the level of psychological capital among nursing staff. The subscales include:Self-Efficacy Scale, Hope Scale, Resilience Scale and Optimism Scale.

The PCQ uses a 6-point Likert scale for scoring:

1 = Strongly Disagree,2 = Disagree, 3 = Somewhat Disagree, 4 = Somewhat Agree, 5 = Agree, 6 = Strongly Agree.
Baseline

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Intention to leave
Time Frame: Baseline

The intention to leave scale was used to measure the frequency of nursing staff's thoughts about resigning. This single-item measure assessed oncology nurses' subjective perception of how often they had thoughts of quitting over the past week. The frequency was scored on a 1 to 5 scale:

1 = Never, 2 = Rarely, 3 = Sometimes, 4 = Often, 5 = Always.
Baseline
Political skill
Time Frame: Baseline

The Political Skill Inventory (PSI) was used to measure the level of social skills among nursing staff. This scale includes four dimensions: Social Astuteness, Networking Ability, Interpersonal Influence, Apparent Sincerity

The PSI uses a 5-point Likert scale for scoring:

1 = Strongly Disagree, 2 = Mostly Disagree, 3 = Neutral, 4 = Mostly Agree, 5 = Strongly Agree.
Baseline
self-actualization (Work Environment and Job Satisfaction Scale)
Time Frame: Baseline

The Work Environment and Job Satisfaction Scale, developed by scholars Rossberg et al., was used to measure the sense of self-actualization among nursing staff. This scale consists of 10 items designed to evaluate nursing staff's perceptions of their work environment. The subscales include:Self-actualization, Workload, Conflict, Stress,

The scale uses a 5-point Likert scale for scoring:

1 = Not at all, 2 = Rarely, 3 = Sometimes, 4 = Often, 5 = Always
Baseline

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Mackay Memorial Hospital

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

August 9, 2024

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 3, 2025

Study Completion (Actual)

May 8, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 30, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 9, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

July 10, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimated)

September 25, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 22, 2025

Last Verified

July 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 24MMHIS126e

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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