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Organisational factors, job satisfaction and intention to leave among newly qualified social workers in England

Hussein, Shereen, Moriarty, Joanna, Stevens, Martin, Sharpe, Endellion, Manthorpe, Jill (2014) Organisational factors, job satisfaction and intention to leave among newly qualified social workers in England. Social Work education, Social Work education, 33 (3). pp. 381-396. ISSN 0261-5479. (doi:10.1080/02615479.2013.806467) (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:68330)

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Abstract

Satisfaction with different organisational elements and aspects of work contributes markedly to overall levels of job satisfaction and intention to leave. For newly qualified social workers (NQSWs), especially immediately after graduation, self-perceived competence and their confidence in their educational preparation are also important. This article reports on a longitudinal study following 280 social work students into social work employment in England using data collected as students and six months after graduation. We focus on their experiences as NQSWs, thus only including those working in social work jobs, reporting the relative importance of their satisfaction with different work elements, such as supervision and job engagement. These are used to construct a model of NQSWs' overall satisfaction and intentions of leaving their social work jobs. The model incorporates NQSWs' perceptions of how well their degree courses prepared them for their current social work jobs in addition to personal, organisational and specific role characteristics. Using statistical techniques of factor analysis and regression modelling we highlight the complexities of how job satisfaction is constructed and we argue that the data reveal the importance of team support and self-efficacy in relation to whether social workers are thinking about leaving their current social work jobs.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1080/02615479.2013.806467
Additional information: Unmapped bibliographic data: M3 - Article [Field not mapped to EPrints] U2 - 10.1080/02615479.2013.806467 [Field not mapped to EPrints] JO - Social Work education [Field not mapped to EPrints]
Uncontrolled keywords: Competency, Fitness to Practise, Relationships, Profession, Quantitative Methods, Higher Education
Subjects: H Social Sciences
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research
Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Personal Social Services Research Unit
Depositing User: Shereen Hussein
Date Deposited: 13 Nov 2018 11:49 UTC
Last Modified: 17 Aug 2022 11:02 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/68330 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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