Role of Demographic Variables in Predicting Turnover Intentionamong Registered Nurses in Nigerian Public Hospitals

Prior research has indicated that employee turnover is detrimental to bothindividuals and organizations. Because a turnover intention in the workplace isdetrimental, several factors have been suggested to better understand thereasons why employees may decide to leave their organizations. One of thesignificant predictors of employee turnover is related to the demographiccharacteristics. Some of the demographic characteristics have been studied todate include age, gender, education, experience and tenure, among others.Despite these empirical studies, literature indicates more studies are needed tofurther understand the role of demographic variables in predicting turnoverintention. Hence, the present study fills in the gap by examining the role of ageand gender in predicting turnover intention among 175 Registered Nurses inNigerian public hospitals. Results indicated that male nurses were more likely toleave their organizations or the profession than their female colleagues.Furthermore, the results showed that younger nurses were more likely to leavetheir organizations or the profession than their older colleagues.