Recruitment and Retention

In light of global nursing shortages and rising demands placed on healthcare systems

Our research aims to explore the key factors and develop effective strategies to recruit individuals into nursing and support their long-term retention in the profession.

Core Members: Prof Sok Ying LIAW, Dr Joko GUNAWAN, Dr Exequiel Camarig CABANDA

Publications

  • Tan YSK, Choy KH, Gunawan J, Rusli KDB, Lim VKG, Chua WL, Liaw SY, Ang WHD. (2025) Exploring Work Experience, Job Satisfaction, Motivation and Intention to Stay Among Gig and Locum Nurses: A Mixed Methods Study J Adv Nurs. (2025) Jul 10. doi: 10.1111/jan.70052. Online ahead of print.

  • Sumner J, Lim HW, Woo B, Lim YW, Lee M, Yeo HC, Mukhopadhyay A. (2025) Micro-, Meso- and Macrofactor Relationships in Nursing Turnover: Insights From Survey and Interview Data J Nurs Manag. (2025) Jul 1;(2025):5078305. doi: 10.1155/jonm/5078305. eCollection (2025).

  • Yeo A, Lee SS, Lim VKG, Godsey JA, Kuok K, Gunawan J, Liaw SY. (2025) Strategies to Elevate the Brand Image of Nursing: A Scoping Review Int Nurs Rev. (2025) Jun;72(2):e70026. doi: 10.1111/inr.70026.

  • Gunawan J, Lee SS, Marzilli C, Liaw SY. (2025) Global overview of factors influencing nursing students to pursue nursing career: A scoping review of the past decade with future implications Nurse Educ Today. (2025) Aug;151:106739. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.(2025).106739. Epub (2025) Apr 10.

  • Chua MM, Ang WHD, Siew AL, Chen HC. (2025) Personal and Workplace Characteristics as Predictors of Intent-To-Stay Among Registered Nurses: An Exploratory Quantitative Multicentre Study J Adv Nurs. (2025) Jun;81(6):3045-3059. doi: 10.1111/jan.16459. Epub 2024 Sep 26.

  • Cabanda, E., Yeoh, B. S. A., Acedera, K. A. F., & Walton-Roberts, M. (2025). Neoliberalism in question: The Philippines’ nurse education and labour export as liberal neo-statist development agenda. International Migration, 63(2), e13339. https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.13339

  • Cabanda, E. (2020).We Want Your Nurses!: Negotiating Labor Agreements in Recruiting Filipino Nurses. Asian Politics & Policy, 12(3), 404–431. https://doi.org/10.1111/aspp.12547

  • Gunawan, J., Lee, S. S., Marzilli, C., & Liaw, S. Y. (2025).Global overview of factors influencing nursing students to pursue nursing career: A scoping review of the past decade with future implications. Nurse Education Today, 106739. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2025.106739

  • Gunawan, J., Effendi, F., Tsujita, Y., & Hisaya, O. (2024). Caring across borders: Indonesian care worker experiences of working in Japan.International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care. 20(2), 181-198. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMHSC-05-2023-0043

  • Aungsuroch, Y.,Gunawan, J., Juanamasta, I. G., & Montayre, J. (2024). Updating factors influencing nurse work engagement in the hospital settings: a systematic review. Journal of Healthcare Leadership, 16, 157–176. https://doi.org/10.2147/JHL.S451056

  • Aungsuroch, Y.,Gunawan, J., & Fisher, M. L. (2022).Redesigning the Nursing and Human Resource Partnership: A Model for New Normal Era. Palgrave Macmillan Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5990-4

  • Chen JP, Dai YM, Qin Y, Liang SP, Cheng G, Liu Y, Yang CZ, He HG, Shen Q. (2024) Factors Influencing Turnover Intention Among Male Nurses In China: A Large-Scale Descriptive Correlational Study. International Nursing Review. 71, 13-19. doi: 10.1111/INR.12827

  • Ung DSK, Goh YS, Poon RYS, Lin YP, Seah B, Lopez V, Mikkonen K, Yong KK, Liaw SY.. Global migration and factors influencing retention of Asian internationally educated nurses: a systematic review. Hum Resour Health. 2024 Mar 1;22(1):17. doi: 10.1186/s12960-024-00900-5.. 10.1186/s12960-024-00900-5

Relevant Categories
Leadership, Teamwork and Professional Development
Recruitment and Retention
Staffing Levels, Work Environment and Well-Being
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Related Publications

Grant - Liaw, S.Y. (PI) 2020-2022. Academic Research Fund Tier 1. Recognising and escalating care for deteriorating patients: Psychometric scale testing and survey of general ward nurses, $122,895. Ministry of Education

Chua, W. L., Rahim, N., McKenna, L., Ho, J., & Liaw, S. Y. (2022). Intraprofessional collaboration between enrolled and registered nurses in the care of clinically deteriorating ward patients: A qualitative study. Australian Critical Care: official journal of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses, 35(1), 81–88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2021.01.009

Chua, W. L., Smith, D., Wee, L. C., Ting, K. C., Yeo, M., Mordiffi, S. Z., & Liaw, S. Y. (2022). Development and psychometric evaluation of the Attitudes Towards Recognising Early and Noticeable Deterioration (ATREND) scale. Journal of clinical nursing, 10.1111/jocn.16350. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.16350