Abstract
The global shortage of nurses needs urgent attention.
Psychological contract breach may play a role in the job
embeddedness of professional nurses. Hierarchical
regression, based on 228 nurses employed by a private
hospital, examined the prediction of breach on job
embeddedness. The results indicate breach negatively
influences job embeddedness. This result is an
indication to management to be mindful when making
promises to professional nurses as well as honoring
these obligations. Breach may lead to undesirable
consequences, such as the turnover of nurses which
increases cost associated with recruitment in the
sensitive situation where professional nurses are scarce.