Date of Conferral

2020

Degree

Ph.D.

School

Nursing

Advisor

Leslie Hussey

Abstract

There is a shortage of nursing leaders because current nursing leaders who are in the baby boomer generation are retiring. Millennial RNs are needed to fill vacant nursing leadership positions, but millennial RNs are not satisfied in their jobs and lack motivation and engagement, which impedes their interest in nursing leadership positions. The purposes of this quantitative, descriptive, correlational study, guided by King’s theory of goal attainment, were to examine the relationship between job satisfaction, motivation, engagement, and the aspiration of millennial RNs for nursing leadership positions in the acute care hospital setting, and the combined effects of job satisfaction, engagement, and motivation on millennial RNs’ aspiration for leadership. Seventy-seven millennial RNs completed the web-based Career Aspiration Scale, Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, Motivation at Work Scale, and Job Satisfaction Scale. Data were analyzed using a multiple regression model and Pearson correlational coefficient index. The findings indicated a statistically significant relationship between job satisfaction, engagement, motivation, and aspiration for nursing leadership positions among millennial RNs. The combined effects of job satisfaction, engagement, and motivation on aspiration, results were not significant. The results indicate that millennial RNs are dedicated to their jobs and are ready to devote time and energy required to accomplish organizational tasks assigned to them. Findings may be used to guide decisions to formulate policies to recruit millennial RNs for leadership positions. Future research could focus on how millennial RNs have filled the leadership positions and examine their lived experiences as nurse leaders.

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