How can hospitals engage their current employees in the recruitment of qualified nurses? A referral bonus and self-determination perspective.
J Adv Nurs
; 76(11): 2971-2981, 2020 Nov.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-730706
ABSTRACT
AIMS:
To investigate the impact of promising a referral bonus and an autonomous referral request on nurses' referral likelihood and the quality of their referrals.DESIGN:
We applied a 2 × 2 between-participants factorial design with referral bonus and autonomous referral request as experimental variables.METHODS:
In May 2019, 110 nurses working in Belgian hospitals were shown a fictitious e-mail with a request from their employer to look for potential new-hires and filled out an online survey measuring referral likelihood and quality.RESULTS:
Promising a referral bonus did not affect nurses' referral likelihood and quality. Instead supporting self-determination theory, nurses exposed to the autonomous request were more likely to refer and assure referral quality than those exposed to the controlling request.CONCLUSION:
Hospitals can increase nurses' referral likelihood and quality by framing their referral request in an autonomy-supportive way. IMPACT Recruiting nurses are more important than ever in the current Covid-19 crisis. Our findings offer practical insights on how hospitals can engage their employees in the recruitment of nurses (i.e. through framing referral requests in an autonomy-supportive way).Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Personnel, Hospital
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Personnel Selection
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Referral and Consultation
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Motivation
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Nursing Staff, Hospital
Type of study:
Observational study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
J Adv Nurs
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Jan.14498
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