Table A1 Summary of variables identified... | Emerald Publishing

Table A1

Summary of variables identified as impacting on NHS health professional retention – for variable set

Fleming and Taylor (2007)	Smith and Secombe (1998)	Arnold et al. (2003)	Shen et al. (2004)	Joshua-Amadi (2003)
Community care	Nurses	Nurses and allied health	Midwives and consultants	Nurses
Working hours	Inflexible working hours	Working hours	Working hours/patterns
Working hours	Inadequate resources	Under-staffing
Pay	Inadequate pay	Pay		Low inequitable pay
Qualifications and training	Inadequate personal development opportunities
Workload pressures	Excessive workload		Workload	Increased workload
Supervision and support				Personal isolation
	Inadequate promotion prospects/career structure
			Bureaucracy and lack of autonomy
			Job-stress
			Lack of recognition	Lack of appreciation
Job satisfaction
Client attitudes
Client attitudes				Decline in patient care

Fleming and Taylor (2007)	Smith and Secombe (1998)	Arnold et al. (2003)	Shen et al. (2004)	Joshua-Amadi (2003)
Community care	Nurses	Nurses and allied health	Midwives and consultants	Nurses
Working hours	Inflexible working hours	Working hours	Working hours/patterns
Working hours	Inadequate resources	Under-staffing
Pay	Inadequate pay	Pay		Low inequitable pay
Qualifications and training	Inadequate personal development opportunities
Workload pressures	Excessive workload		Workload	Increased workload
Supervision and support				Personal isolation
	Inadequate promotion prospects/career structure
			Bureaucracy and lack of autonomy
			Job-stress
			Lack of recognition	Lack of appreciation
Job satisfaction
Client attitudes
Client attitudes				Decline in patient care

Source(s): Authors’ own work