The Relationships Between Safety Climate, Teamwork, and Intent to Stay at Work Among Jordanian Hospital Nurses Raeda F. AbuAlRub, RN, PhD, Huda F. Gharaibeh, RN, PhD, and Alaa Eddin I. Bashayreh, RN, MSN Raeda F. AbuAlRub, RN, PhD, is Associate Professor, College of Nursing, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan; Huda F. Gharaibeh, RN, PhD, is Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan; and Alaa Eddin I. Bashayreh, RN, MSN, is a staff nurse, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, King Abdullah University Hospital, Ramtha, Jordan. Keywords Hospital, intent to stay, Jordan, nurse, safety climate, teamwork Correspondence Raeda F. AbuAlRub, RN, PhD, College of Nursing, Jordan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 1894, Irbid, Jordan E-mail: raeda71@yahoo.com The content of the manuscript “The Relationships Between Safety Climate, Teamwork, and Intent to Stay at Work Among Jordanian Hospital Nurses” has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. All authors have contributed significantly. Each author has participated in the (a) conception, design, analysis and interpretation of data; (b) revising the article; and (c) final approval of the version to be published. PURPOSE. The purpose of the present study is to examine the relation- ships among safety climate, teamwork, and intent to stay at work as perceived by Jordanian hospital nurses. METHODS. A descriptive correlational design was used to investigate these relationships among a convenience sample of 381 hospital nurses. Data were collected through a self-administered questionnaire that included the Safety Climate and Teamwork Scale and the McCain’s Intent to Stay Scale. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, analysis of vari- ance, and hierarchical regression analysis were used to analyze the data. RESULTS. The findings showed (a) a strong positive correlation between safety climate and teamwork; and (b) moderate positive correlations between safety climate and intent to stay at work, and between team- work and intent to stay at work. Moreover, the overall model of hierar- chical regression showed that 45% of the variation in the level of intent to stay at work was explained by background variables, leadership styles, decision-making styles, and safety climate. CONCLUSION. The findings emphasized the positive effect of safety climate and teamwork on the level of nurses’ intent to stay. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT. Nurse administrators should design and implement strategies that create a culture of safety climate and teamwork in their organizations. Introduction and Significance Working in healthcare organizations is considered to be hazardous due to the risk of morbidity and mor- tality (Colla, Bracken, Kinney, & Weeks, 2005), and the complexity of work in healthcare organizations (Hogan, Moxham, & Dwyer, 2007). This complexity is increased with the presence of increased focus on health informatics, technology, quality initiatives, and cost containment and reduction (Dunn, Wilson, & Esterman, 2005). The hospital as a system includes inputs, processes, and outputs, and the contents of this system work together in order to keep its equilibrium and success (Hayajneh, 2007). As a subsystem of the AN INDEPENDENT VOICE FOR NURSING 65 © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Nursing Forum Volume 47, No. 1, January-March 2012