[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:what-we-do\u002Fnews-stories\u002Fnews\u002F2015\u002Fhow-to-keep-our-nurses-happy-wageindicator-publications-january-2015":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":7,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":9,"path":10,"content_type":11,"locale":12,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":13,"page_created_at":14,"published_at":13,"edit_url":15,"breadcrumbs":16,"seo":29,"body_blocks":37,"call_to_action":43,"categories":50,"labels":51,"owner":7,"authors":52,"related_pages":53,"related_sites":54,"in_subsite":55,"contact_page_url":56,"banner_message":57},5409,"how-to-keep-our-nurses-happy-wageindicator-publications-january-2015","How to keep our Nurses Happy? Wageindicator Publications - January 2015",null,"Wageindicator.org - How to keep our Nurses Happy? WageIndicator data can help. Wageindicator Publications - January 2015","","\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fnews-stories\u002Fnews\u002F2015\u002Fhow-to-keep-our-nurses-happy-wageindicator-publications-january-2015","pages.newspage","en","1969-12-30T23:00:00+00:00","2026-03-23T09:19:00.430470+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F5409\u002Fedit\u002F",[17,20,23,26,28],{"title":18,"slug":19},"What We Do","what-we-do",{"title":21,"slug":22},"News and Stories","news-stories",{"title":24,"slug":25},"News","news",{"title":27,"slug":27},"2015",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":30,"canonical":31,"robots":32,"og_type":33,"twitter_card":34,"locale":12,"created_at":35,"last_modified_at":36},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fnews-stories\u002Fnews\u002F2015\u002Fhow-to-keep-our-nurses-happy-wageindicator-publications-january-2015\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","1969-12-31T00:00:00+01:00","2026-04-02T22:39:29.729504+02:00",[38],{"type":39,"data":40},"raw_html_block",{"content":41,"variant":42},"\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003Cspan>WageIndicator data can help.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-4eecc916-aa6a-aad6-eb09-fdbc8c1bab1c\">\u003Cspan>\u003Cbr\u002F>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003Cspan>Nurses in the Benelux-countries and Germany are more loyal to employers who offer them regular jobs, i.e. preferably not part time, without overwork and at a reasonable distance from home, thereby reducing commuting time. These pull factors together with the prospect of high(er) wages and wage satisfaction make the health workforce less eager to look for jobs elsewhere. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003Cspan>\u003Cbr\u002F>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003Cspan>Such motivational working conditions seem to be most effective amongst female nurses who are moderately or well-educated and have been promoted already in their current organization. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003Cspan>\u003Cbr\u002F>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003Cspan>These are the main findings of a recent WageIndicator analysis conducted by researchers of AIAS\u002FUniversity of Amsterdam on a sample of over 5000 respondents from the health care sector in the three EU-member states Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-4eecc916-aa6b-9254-8f68-fa27b0acc8b8\">\u003Cspan>\u003Cbr\u002F>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003Cspan>These wage- and working hours factors work out in a similar way on all three labor markets. The analysis has been conducted using a working-time model, a model focusing on wages and a model combining both and adding wage more social-economic variables still. The outcomes reinforce one another. It therefore seems that WageIndicator data can offer relevant insights for consideration by HR-managers in the health care sectors, when formulating strategies to reduce turn-over rates and recruitment costs.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003Cspan>\u003Cbr\u002F>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca data-linktype=\"internal\" data-old_url=\"resolveuid\u002F335f5e14a7784afeaf04241d1d3274e5\" data-val=\"335f5e14a7784afeaf04241d1d3274e5\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fpublications\u002F2014\u002Fthe-impact-of-working-time-and-wages-on-retention-in-the-health-workforce\">\u003Cspan> Read the Full report\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>","light",{"text":44,"link":45},"Contact us",{"title":44,"url":46,"description":44,"rel":47,"type":48,"id":49},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]