Purpose

The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of job security on doctors’ retention, with job satisfaction and job embeddedness as the mediators. In doing so, the authors seek to contribute to the existing literature by providing additional empirical evidence on the links between job security, job satisfaction, job embeddedness and employee retention by using social exchange theory.

Design/methodology/approach

An empirical study was conducted on doctors working in public hospitals in Pakistan. Data from selected public hospitals were collected using semi-structured questionnaires. The simple random sampling method was applied for participant selection and partial least squares-structural equation modelling was used for data analysis purposes.

Findings

The findings confirmed the direct and mediation relationships. Thus, all of this study’s hypotheses are supported. The results indicate that job security can improve doctors’ retention. Further, job satisfaction and job embeddedness play crucial roles in mediating the direct relationship.

Originality/value

This study elaborates job security in health-care sector of Pakistan and also provides empirical evidence of the antecedents and mediators of doctors’ intention to continue working in the health-care industry.

中文翻译：

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工作保障、工作满意度和工作嵌入对员工保留的影响：对巴基斯坦医疗保健行业的实证调查

目的

本研究的目的是确定工作保障对医生保留的影响，以工作满意度和工作嵌入作为中介。在这样做的过程中，作者试图通过使用社会交换理论提供关于工作保障、工作满意度、工作嵌入和员工保留之间联系的额外实证证据来为现有文献做出贡献。

设计/方法/途径

对在巴基斯坦公立医院工作的医生进行了实证研究。使用半结构化问卷从选定的公立医院收集数据。简单随机抽样方法用于参与者选择，偏最小二乘结构方程模型用于数据分析。

发现

调查结果证实了直接和中介关系。因此，本研究的所有假设均得到支持。结果表明，工作保障可以提高医生的保留率。此外，工作满意度和工作嵌入在调节直接关系中起着至关重要的作用。

原创性/价值

本研究阐述了巴基斯坦医疗保健部门的工作保障，并提供了医生继续在医疗保健行业工作的意愿的前因和中介因素的实证证据。