Why is Turkey losing its doctors? A cross-sectional study on the primary complaints of Turkish doctors

Yılmaz, Salim; Koyuncu Aydın, Seher

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19882

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“…This figure is equivalent to a one-year graduate of approximately 20 medical schools. Yılmaz and Aydın (2023) suggested that the main complaints of doctors are financial difficulties, violence in the health sector and insufficient examination times. The migration of doctors poses a significant risk to access to health care, public health and the sustainability of Turkey's health-care delivery capacity.…”

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COVID again? Health workers’ burnout and turnover intentions: possible impacts of coronavirus-induced anxiety and first-level servant leaders

Kılınç,

Çiçek

2024

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Purpose Building on social exchange and leader-member exchange theories, this paper aims to propose a model of the impact of coronavirus-induced anxiety on health-care professionals’ burnout and turnover intention through the mediation role of servant leadership. Design/methodology/approach This model was examined by adopting partial least square-based structural equation modeling using data collected from 271 health professionals (doctors, nurses, midwives and analysts) from Turkey. Findings The findings of the research illustrate that coronavirus-induced anxiety is positively associated with burnout and turnover intention. Furthermore, servant leadership mediates the relationship between coronavirus-induced anxiety, burnout and turnover intention. Yet, according to factor loadings, the mediating role of servant leadership is not strong (β : 0.035 and 0.053, respectively). Research limitations/implications First, this study targeted the health-care professionals from Turkey. Therefore, this population may not be able to provide general information on the topic. Thus, this study suggests that the subject be addressed in other populations as well. Second, the data were self-reported by the participants. Although common method bias and social desirability bias were not an issue in this study, it should be known that the results are based on the subjective judgments of the participants. Third, this study was limited to investigating the mediating role of servant leadership only. Practical implications This study gives much beneficial information to both administrators and organizations by mirroring highly stressed workers’ inside throughout statistically results. Hence, it is assumed that the findings will help leaders to cope with several difficult situations, especially in crisis moments. As the chaotic circumstances occurred, achieving organizational goals became more and more difficult. To do this, some leaders play critical roles for members like servant leaders by contributing uniquely spiritual dimensions. Social implications Struggling with the COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated the health-care professionals’ existing mental health and has loaded more agitation on them. According to Mozes (2021), suicide cases among nurses have doubled the number of women in the general population. Thus, leaders should do something to lower those ratios. This study points out that servant leaders could break down those unwanted issues by decreasing burnout and turnover intention rates of health workers. Barbuto and Wheeler (2006) highlighted this situation by creating a dimension called “The Natural Desire to Serve Others.” Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, to date, this study is the first to examine the mediating role of servant leadership in the effect of coronavirus-induced anxiety on burnout and turnover intention. Furthermore, this research reveals that servant leadership may play a role in avoiding burnout and turnover intention in the health sector.

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COVID again? Health workers’ burnout and turnover intentions: possible impacts of coronavirus-induced anxiety and first-level servant leaders

Kılınç,

Çiçek

2024

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Suicidal behavior among Turkish physicians: Associations with negative life-events, psychological distress, and attitudes towards suicide

Eskin,

Sakarya,

Okyay

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Journal of Psychiatric Research

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Biopolitical Borders and the Political Economy of Migration Flows to and From Türkiye

Özyürek

2024

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This study examines the biopolitical borders of Türkiye. On the one hand, Türkiye deserves attention as a destination country that received millions of Syrian asylum seekers after the outbreak of the war in Syria and hundreds of thousands of migrants from other surrounding countries since the early 2010s. Yet, the country can also be seen as an origin and a transit country since a significant number of citizens and foreigners have been emigrating to Western countries from Türkiye. Recently, the number of educated and highly skilled people from Türkiye migrating to other countries has escalated. Given its unique position as a receiving, transit and origin country, Türkiye merits special investigation into the consequences of migration and border policies on domestic biopolitics. This study differs from existing literature in that it focuses on the biopolitical implications of migration from and to Türkiye. The study shows that even though the biopolitical borders of the country seem inadequate to protect domestic biopolitics, they are still discernible for migrants. Although a large number of Syrians, Afghans and other foreign nationals have crossed the national borders of Türkiye, they still face biopolitical borders. Türkiye's biopolitical borders not only function to establish a hierarchy that subordinates migrants to citizens but also create hierarchies among different migrant groups.

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Why is Turkey losing its doctors? A cross-sectional study on the primary complaints of Turkish doctors

Cited by 8 publications

References 52 publications

COVID again? Health workers’ burnout and turnover intentions: possible impacts of coronavirus-induced anxiety and first-level servant leaders

COVID again? Health workers’ burnout and turnover intentions: possible impacts of coronavirus-induced anxiety and first-level servant leaders

Suicidal behavior among Turkish physicians: Associations with negative life-events, psychological distress, and attitudes towards suicide

Biopolitical Borders and the Political Economy of Migration Flows to and From Türkiye

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