Purpose
This study aims to examine the mediating effects of psychological contracts and subjective career success and the effect of organizational justice on organizational citizenship behavior among hospital nurses. Methods: The data were collected using structured questionnaires through online surveys from 200 nurses in hospitals located in P metropolitan city and J city from February 9 to March 8, 2022. Data were analyzed using SPSS 26.0, Hayes’s SPSS Process Macro 4.0 version program, and bootstrapping. Results: The paths of organizational justice to psychological contract, psychological contract to subjective career success, and subjective career success to organizational citizenship behavior were significant. The double mediating effects of psychological contract and subjective career success were significant in the relationship between organizational justice and organizational citizenship behavior. Conclusion: Based on this study, nursing managers should enable nurses to positively perceive organizational justice and the psychological contract. For this, efforts should be made to secure a transparent and fair system. For subjective career success, it is necessary to establish a career management system and provide opportunities for career development such as relevant education at the organizational level. This will be a motivating process that can induce organizational citizenship behavior.

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to explore the predictors of turnover intention among nurses working in small and medium-sized hospitals in South Korea.
METHODS
Data were obtained from a survey conducted in 2016 on welfare policy and system improvement. The participants were nurses of the Korean Nurses Association who worked in small and medium-sized hospitals. The responses of 2,011 nurses were analyzed using hierarchical multiple regression analysis, which was performed to explore the predictors of nurses' turnover intentions.
RESULTS
The findings of this study showed that the predictors significantly reducing nurses' desire to leave their hospitals were a 40-hour workweek, satisfaction with the salary, and six out of the 40 fringe benefits provided by their hospitals: the provision of uniforms and work shoes, paid menstrual leave, operational costs for the department, job-related educational costs, and in-house nurse training program.
CONCLUSION
These findings suggest that hospitals should provide proper work hours and reasonable rewards for nurses' work in order to reduce turnover intention among their nurses.

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PURPOSE
To analyze trends in salaries for registered nurses when compared with salaries for elementary school teachers from 2002 to 2009 and identify salary gaps of nurses according to workplace size and geographic location.
METHODS
Data were obtained from the Occupational Employment Statistics collected by the Korea Employment Information Services each year from 2002 to 2009. The study sample consisted of 2,281 registered nurses and 2,578 elementary school teachers. Linear multiple regression analyses were conducted to analyze salary trends and differences.
RESULTS
Elementary school teachers had higher monthly salaries than nurses with a baccalaureate degree after adjusting for years of work. Salary differences increased significantly by 40,000 won every year (p<.001). Nurses working in large facilities in Seoul had the highest salaries, whereas those in small/medium, non-Seoul facilities had the lowest salaries consistently over time. Salary differences between the two groups increased by 47,000 won every year (p=.001); salary differences between nurses in large, non-Seoul facilities and those in small/medium, non-Seoul facilities also increased by 40,000 won annually (p=.001).
CONCLUSION
Geographical imbalances in the nurse workforce and nurse shortages in small/medium, non-capital facilities could be reduced by increasing the salary of nurses working in those facilities.

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