Relationship Between Career Stagnation And Self- Efficacy Among Nurses Who Have Served For More Than Five Years In Homabay County.

Abstract

Career stagnation widens the gap between current performance and future expected performance. The general objective of this study was to determine the relationship between career stagnation and self-efficacy among nurses who have served for more than five years in Homa Bay County. This objective was supported with specific objectives; to identify the cause of career stagnation among nurses, to determine the effects of career stagnation on the nurses’ self-efficacy and to establish the correlation between self-efficacy and self-esteem; the study adopted a descriptive design to study the target population- nurses with more than five years of experience. Simple random sampling procedure was used to sample 70 nurses (10% of 702) who participated with a response rate of 100%. Data was collected using a questionnaire, cleaned, coded and analysed using SPSS version 20. The results obtained were presented in the form of charts, tables and graphs. The study revealed that a significant percentage (33%) of the nurses less often reviewed their individual career plan, Majority (69%) of the nurses did not pursue job opportunities. Majority (63%) of the nurses were hardly motivated and inspired to carry out their tasks/duties. The level of motivation was reported to drop as the years of experience advanced. Majority (74%) of nurses did not attend any event outside their profession Most (90%) of the nurses did not attend a course in the past six months. The relationship between the variables was tested using Chi-Square test of Independence, the findings revealed that the P-Value was more than the significant value of 0.05. No statistical evidence to assert any relationship between career stagnation and self- efficacy, self-efficacy and self-esteem among nurses.