Investigation of the regulatory role of workfriend support on the effect of professional result expectations of physicians on career regrets

The aim of this study is the moderator role of colleague support in the effect of professional outcome expectations of physicians on career regrets is examined. For this reason, it is necessary to examine the expectation of professional results and the support of colleagues in individuals with career regret. The universe of the research is the physicians working in the hospitals in Ankara. There are 37 hospitals belonging to the Ministry of Health throughout the province. 5092 physicians work in these hospitals. Data were collected from 400 physicians with the survey method and the convenience sampling method. SPSS 26.0 and AMOS 22.0 package programs were used in the statistical analysis of the data obtained from the sample. As a result of the regression analysis, it was determined that the professional outcome expectations of the physicians affected career regret positively and significantly. It has been determined that the perceived colleague support variable has not a moderator role in the relationship between physicians' professional outcome expectation and career regret.