Abstract:
An employee's expressed desire to leave their current position at the workplace is referred
to as turnover intention. This means that a doctor may be seriously considering moving to
a different area or healthcare system to pursue employment opportunities. Healthcare organizations need to Comprehend these elements to create retention plans for
their physicians. The purpose of this study is to examine the variables that impact medical
professionals' inclination to migrate or turnover. The researcher investigated a variety of
possible factors, such as job satisfaction, work-life balance, happiness, management
support, career management, innovative work behaviour, leader-member exchange, and
coworker support. Healthcare organizations and legislators may create focused efforts to
keep medical talent on staff and lessen the adverse effects of physician migration by having a thorough awareness of these variables.
A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from 160 doctors working in the
Ampara District. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS, and the findings revealed
that the hospitals had a high level of ETI, and the mean score was 2.83. The results also
showed that all variables including job satisfaction, work-life balance, happiness,
management support, career management, innovative work behaviour, leader-member
exchange, and coworker support had a negative impact.
The study's contribution is that it provides insight into the ETI among doctors in the
Ampara district, which can assist in the formulation ways to retain doctors at the hospitals.
Additionally, it contributes to the literature on ETI by investigating the factors that affect
it in the context of hospitals. Based on the findings of this study, hospitals should focus on
enhancing job satisfaction, work-life balance, happiness, management support, career
management, innovative work behaviour, leader-member exchange, and coworker support
to reduce ETI.
However, the study has some limitations where the study was restricted to the Ampara
district, which is a large region. Consequently, the data collected may have a limited scope
because professional doctors may encounter different challenges and motivators in other
parts of Sri Lanka. Furthermore, it is more difficult to identify reasons or monitor changes
over time because of the study's cross-sectional design. Finally, the sample size of the study was slightly constrained, which would have decreased the statistical power and
