ABSTRACT: This paper aims to examine the effect of job stress on intention to quit mediated by job satisfaction. This research was conducted on employees at Kasih Ibu Tabanan General Hospital with apopulation of 211 employees and 138 samples by using Slovin formula and proportional random sampling.Data collection through the distribution questionnaires and interview. Data analysis techniques using path analysis classic assumption tests, and Sobel test. Based on the results of the analysis found that job stress hadan effect that is negative and significant on job satisfaction, job satisfaction had an effect that is negative and significant on intention to quit, job stress had an effect that is positive and significant on intention to quit, andjob stress had a significant effect towards intention to quit mediated by job satisfaction. It also shows that thelower the employee’s job stress and job satisfaction increases, will reduce the desire of employee to quit.
Keywords: intention to quit, job satisfaction, job stress