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Racial Harassment, Job Satisfaction and Intentions to Quit: Evidence from the British Nursing Profession

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Shields, Michael A. () (PSERC and Department of Economics, University of Leicester, England and IZA, Bonn)
Wheatley Price, Stephen (PSERC and Department of Economics, University of Leicester, England)

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This paper investigates the determinants of racial harassment at the workplace and its impact, via job satisfaction, on intentions to quit. Using data for ethnic minority nurses in Britain, we find that nearly 40% of nurses have experienced racial harassment from work colleagues, whilst more than 64% have suffered racial harassment from patients. The experience of racial harassment at the workplace leads to a significant reduction in job satisfaction, which, in turn, significantly increases nurses’ intentions to quit their job. These findings have important policy implications for retaining qualified nursing staff in the British National Health Service.

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Keywords: Racial harassment; nursing; job satisfaction; intentions to quit;

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J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities and Races; Non-labor Discrimination
J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing

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