Turnover among Community Mental Health Workers in Ohio

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• 作者：Ashley M. Bukach ; Farida K. Ejaz…
• 关键词：Turnover ; Retention ; Community mental health workers
• 刊名：Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：44
• 期：1
• 页码：115-122
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• 刊物类别：Medicine
• 刊物主题：Public Health; Health Administration; Clinical Psychology; Psychiatry; Health Informatics;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1573-3289
• 卷排序：44

文摘

This study examined turnover of community mental health workers in 42 randomly selected mental health agencies in Ohio. The turnover rate in 2011 was 26 %. A regression analysis indicated that agencies with lower turnover offered higher maximum pay and were smaller in size, while those offering career advancement opportunities, such as career ladder programs, had higher turnover. The findings suggest that improving wages for workers is likely to reduce turnover. It is also possible that smaller agencies have lower turnover due to stronger relationships with workers and/or more successful hiring practices. Furthermore, turnover that occurs as a result of career advancement could have positive effects and should be examined separate from other types of turnover in the future.