Western University Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository 3-27-2019 1:30 PM New Graduate Nurses: Relationships among Sex, Empowerment, Workplace Bullying, and Job Turnover Intention Aaron L. Favaro The University of Western Ontario Supervisor Wong, Carol A. The University of Western Ontario Co-Supervisor Oudshoorn, Abe The University of Western Ontario Graduate Program in Nursing A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the equirr ements for the degree in Master of Science © Aaron L. Favaro 2019 Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd Recommended Citation Favaro, Aaron L., "New Graduate Nurses: Relationships among Sex, Empowerment, Workplace Bullying, and Job Turnover Intention" (2019). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 6110. https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/6110 This Dissertation/Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by Scholarship@Western. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository by an authorized administrator of Scholarship@Western. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Abstract Nursing research over the past few decades has highlighted the issue of workplace bullying and its negative impacts on employees and healthcare organizations. Despite the increased awareness surrounding nursing workplace bullying, male nurses and their responses to bullying have not been a significant focus of study. Therefore, the purpose of this study was twofold: to examine the relationships among new graduate nurses’ structural empowerment, experience of workplace bullying, and their job turnover intention and to assess the relationships between sex and workplace bullying and job turnover intention. A secondary analysis of data collected from a random sample of 1008 Canadian new graduate nurses was conducted.