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Giuliano, Romina, Benoît Mahy, François Rycx & Guillaume Vermeylen (2024): Overeducation, Overskilling and Job Satisfaction in Europe: The Moderating Role of Employment Contracts. (GLO discussion paper / Global Labor Organization 1419), Essen, 34 S.

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"This paper is the first to examine whether and how overeducation and overskilling, considered separately and in interaction, influence workers' job satisfaction at European level. It also investigates the moderating role of employment contracts. Our results, based on a unique pan-European database covering 28 countries in 2014, show that overeducation and overskilling reduce the probability of workers being satisfied with their jobs, but also that the drop in job satisfaction is almost double for genuinely overeducated workers (i.e. workers that are both overeducated and overskilled). These adverse effects on job satisfaction are found to be more pronounced among mismatched workers (whether overeducated, overskilled or both) on fixed-term rather than indefinite contracts." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Benjamin, Daniel J., Jakina Debnam Guzman, Marc Fleurbaey, Ori Heffetz & Miles Kimball (2023): What do Happiness Data Mean? Theory and Survey Evidence. In: Journal of the European Economic Association, Jg. 21, H. 6, S. 2377-2412. DOI:10.1093/jeea/jvad026

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"What utility notion—e.g. flow/lifetime, self/family-centered—do self-reported well-being (SWB) questions measure? Existing applications make different assumptions regarding the (i) life domains, (ii) time horizons, and (iii) other-regarding preferences captured by SWB data. To obtain relevant evidence, we ask survey respondents what they had in mind regarding (i)–(iii) when answering commonly used—life satisfaction, happiness, ladder—and new SWB questions. We find that respondents’ self-reports differ from researchers’ assumptions and differ across SWB questions and sociodemographic groups. At the same time, simple SWB-question wording tweaks are effective in moving self-reports toward desired interpretations. We outline actionable suggestions for SWB researchers. (JEL: D69, D90, I31)" (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Bińczycki, Bernard, Wiesław Łukasiński & Sławomir Dorocki (2023): Determinants of Motivation to Work in Terms of Industry 4.0 - The Gen Z Perspective. In: Sustainability, Jg. 15, H. 15. DOI:10.3390/su151512069

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"The mentality of Generation Z differs markedly from the approach to social and economic issues presented by earlier generations. These young people have had access to the internet and other innovative technologies since birth. A tape recorder or a floppy disk is a museum exhibit for them. They are unfamiliar with the everyday problems that citizens of Central and Eastern Europe faced during the socialist era, such as the lack of necessities on the shelves. The aim of this article is to present the results of the authors’ survey on the identification of work motivation factors relevant to Generation Z. The survey involved 649 respondents, young Poles who are currently entering the labor market. It was also an interesting research task for the authors to compare the results of surveys among young Poles with the results of international surveys. The research provided insight into young people’s expectations, values, and preferences regarding work. The results of the survey can provide valuable guidance for employers in shaping sustainable human resource management strategies. In addition, studying the competences of Generation Z can identify the gap between the requirements of the labor market and the skills possessed by young workers. The study conducted by the authors is among the first of its kind in Poland after the pandemic, emphasizing the growing trend in remote work. Earlier research was undertaken in a different economic climate. The current investigation took place following the COVID-19 outbreak and amidst heightened military operations in Ukraine. It also takes into account the effects of recent technological progress related to the rapid development of Industry 4.0. Notably, the questionnaire used in this study is unique as the authors categorized motivational factors into three essential groups, highly relevant in today’s markedly altered labor market." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Folke, Olle & Johanna Rickne (2023): Workplace Sex Composition and Appreciation at Work. (Working paper / Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) 2023,05), Stockholm, 24 S.

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"We study appreciation of one’s work using nationally representative survey data from Sweden linked with employer–employee data. The level of appreciation from colleagues rises sharply with the share of women in the workplace. This strong pattern holds for women and men workers, as well as for subordinates and managers. More appreciation from colleagues is associated with higher levels of job satisfaction and other indicators of worker well-being. These results demonstrate the benefits of workplace gender diversity and inclusion, and suggest new directions for research on gender inequality in the labor market." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Nelson, Jennifer L. & Tiffany D. Johnson (2023): How White Workers Navigate Racial Difference in the Workplace: Social-Emotional Processes and the Role of Workplace Racial Composition. In: Work and occupations online erschienen am 12.06.2023, S. 1-46. DOI:10.1177/07308884231176833

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"Research on racialized emotions and racialized organizations has begun to inform how we understand social interactions in the workplace and their implications for racial inequality. However, most research to date focuses on the experiences and coping strategies of racial minority workers, especially when confronted with instances of racial prejudice and discrimination. We extend research on racialized emotions in the workplace by mapping the stages of belonging/unbelonging white workers go through when they encounter instances of racial discomfort or perceived prejudice in the workplace. This is an important contribution to the study of race and work because existing research suggests the deleterious effects for people of color when white people experience negative emotions such as threat, fear, and anxiety in interracial encounters. Drawing on interview data with 56 white teachers in a metropolitan area in the U.S. Southeast, we document a process of racialized belonging. This is a process whereby white workers experienced varying degrees of surprise, confusion, frustration, and fear resulting from interracial—and some intraracial—experiences with coworkers as well as students. We note how the process is informed by racialized imprinting prior to workplace entry and followed by racialized emotions and racialized coping. Racial composition of the workplace also played a role, though the process looked similar across contexts. We argue that by accounting for white workers’ prior life experiences as well as organizations’ involvement in accommodating their emotional expectations, the way white workers behave when race becomes salient to them can be better understood and addressed." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Stephan, Gesine, Clemens Hetschko, Julia Schmidtke, Mario Lawes, Michael Eid & Ronnie Schöb (2023): Das „German Job Search Panel“: Die Effekte von Arbeitslosigkeit und Covid19 auf das Wohlbefinden. (IAB-Forschungsbericht 19/2023), Nürnberg, 21 S. DOI:10.48720/IAB.FB.2319

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"Zu den Auswirkungen von Arbeitslosigkeit auf das Wohlbefinden gibt es bereits eine Vielzahl von Studien (für einen Überblick s. z.B. Suppa 2021). Allerdings basieren diese in der Regel nicht auf hochfrequenten (also in kurzen Zeitabständen erfassten) Daten und erheben meist nur ausgewählte Dimensionen des Wohlbefindens. Im Rahmen eines DFG-geförderten Projektes befragte das „German Job Search Panel“ (GJSP) in den Jahren von 2017 bis 2021 zunächst arbeitsuchend gemeldete Personen daher monatlich zu ihrem Wohlbefinden. Die Erhebung erfolgte mit einer innovativen Smartphone-App. Anhand der Cortisolkonzentration im Haar wurde zudem die Stressbelastung der Befragten gemessen. Auf dieser Basis lässt sich sehr differenziert untersuchen, wie sich kritische Lebensereignisse - wie ein Eintritt in Arbeitslosigkeit - auf das Wohlbefinden auswirken. Zielgruppe der Befragung waren Personen, die sich zunächst arbeitsuchend gemeldet hatten. Denn ein zentrales Ziel des Projektes war es, den Auswirkungen des Eintritts in Arbeitslosigkeit auf die verschiedenen Facetten des Wohlbefindens nachzugehen. Nur ein Teil der Personen, die sich als arbeitssuchend registrieren, wird tatsächlich arbeitslos. Damit steht eine natürliche Vergleichsgruppe für diejenigen Personen zur Verfügung, die tatsächlich arbeitslos werden. Dies gilt insbesondere für Personen, die von Massenentlassungen und Betriebsschließungen betroffen waren. Denn bei diesen hängt die Wahrscheinlichkeit des Arbeitsplatzverlustes vornehmlich von externen Faktoren ab. Insgesamt nahmen anfangs knapp 1.900 Personen an einer ersten Kohorte und knapp 1.000 Personen an einer zweiten Kohorte des GJSP teil. Zwei Methodenberichte erläutern das Design der Befragung und die Selektion in die Befragung in Detail (Hetschko et al. 2022, Schmidtke et al. 2023). Das GJSP ermöglicht es unter anderem, die unmittelbaren Effekte des Eintritts in Arbeitslosigkeit bei zuvor arbeitssuchend gemeldeten Personen zu untersuchen. Wie ein erstes Teilprojekt (Lawes et al. 2023) zeigt, hat Arbeitslosigkeit unmittelbare negative Effekte auf die Zufriedenheit mit dem Haushaltseinkommen. Bei Personen, die sich aufgrund einer Entlassungswelle arbeitssuchend gemeldet hatten, sank mit Eintritt in die Arbeitslosigkeit auch unmittelbar die Lebenszufriedenheit. Wenn Personen aus anderen Gründen arbeitslos wurden, stieg beim Eintritt in die Arbeitslosigkeit hingegen die Zufriedenheit mit der Freizeit, und die Lebenszufriedenheit sank erst mit fortschreitender Zeit in Arbeitslosigkeit. Andere untersuchte Dimensionen des Wohlbefindens veränderten sich hingegen durch den Eintritt der Arbeitslosigkeit nicht signifikant. Durch die wiederholte Messung von Haarcortisol untersuchte ein weiteres Teilprojekt (Lawes et al. 2022) erstmals, wie sich die Arbeitssuche auf einen Biomarker für chronischen Stress auswirkt. Der Cortisolgehalt war kurz nach der Meldung als „arbeitsuchend“ am höchsten - also in einer Zeit mit tendenziell hoher Unsicherheit bezüglich der beruflichen Zukunft. In der Folge sank das Haarcortisol - unabhängig davon, ob die Betroffenen tatsächlich arbeitslos wurden. Zudem hatten bereits länger arbeitslose Personen eine höhere Haarcortisol-Konzentration, wenn sie ihre Wiederbeschäftigungschancen vergleichsweise schlecht einschätzten. Körperlichen Stress löst der Eintritt in Arbeitslosigkeit also nur dann aus, wenn Menschen davon ausgehen, dass ihre Wiederbeschäftigungsmöglichkeiten gering sind. Schmidtke et al. (2023) zeigten schließlich in einem weiteren Teilprojekt, dass die Covid19-Pandemie nur schwache und vorübergehende Effekte auf die allgemeine Lebenszufriedenheit hatte. Die mentale Gesundheit der Befragten war hingegen stärker beeinträchtigt. Insbesondere traf dies auf Menschen in Kurzarbeit zu. Insgesamt zeigten sich aber gewisse Anpassungseffekte an die Krise: Die zweite Welle der Pandemie wirkte sich geringer auf die Lebenszufriedenheit und die mentale Gesundheit aus als die erste Welle." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Wen, Le, Sholeh A. Maani & Zhi Dong (2023): Educational job mismatch, job satisfaction, on-the-job training, and employee quit behaviour: a dynamic analytical approach. In: Applied Economics, Jg. 55, H. 56, S. 6605-6626. DOI:10.1080/00036846.2022.2161990

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"This paper extends the literature on the consequences of over-education, in particular quit outcomes. It is the first study that explicitly tests the impact of job satisfaction and on-the-job training for workers in educational mismatched jobs and on quit behaviour using a longitudinal data set. Accounting for unobserved heterogeneity and endogeneity, the dynamic analytical framework examines labour market outcomes for job-mismatched workers. We find that over-education alone, or accompanied by skill under-utilization in combination with lower job satisfaction, increases the incidences of job quitting. Opportunities for training facilitate the retention of initially job-mismatched workers. These results have implications for interpreting mismatch data, retention, and resource allocation." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Korsgren, Pontus & Max van Lent (2022): Earmarked Paternity Leave and Well-Being. (IZA discussion paper 15022), Bonn, 24 S.

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"Earmarked paternity leave has been introduced in an attempt to increase fathers' involvement in child rearing and to achieve gender equality in the labor market and at home. So far well-being effects of such policies are unexplored. This paper takes a first step in that direction by studying the impact of earmarked paternity leave quota on life satisfaction, job satisfaction, and work-life balance using several policy changes in Europe over the period 1993-2007. We find that earmarked paternity leave increases life satisfaction by 0.18 on a 10 point scale which is equivalent to a 10.8 percentage point increase even decades later. Both fathers and mothers benefit, though the increase in life satisfaction for mothers is nearly 30% higher than that of fathers. Perhaps surprisingly, the impact on job satisfaction and work-life balance is close to zero. Hence even when the impact of paternity leave quota on the labor market are small, the increases in life satisfaction may still justify the existence of such policies." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Pohlig, Matthias, Sabine Israel & Irene Dingeldey (2022): Does the household context matter for job satisfaction among low-wage workers? In: Economic and Industrial Democracy, Jg. 43, H. 3, S. 1028-1058. DOI:10.1177/0143831X20975865

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"Previous research has established that low-wage earners have on average lower job satisfaction. However, several studies have found personal characteristics, such as gender, age and educational level, moderate this negative impact. This article demonstrates additional factors at the household level, which have not yet been empirically investigated, and which may exacerbate gender differences. The authors analyse the job satisfaction of low-wage earners depending on the contribution of individual earnings to the household income and on household deprivation using the 2013 special wave of the EU-SILC for 18 European countries. The study finds that single earners in low-wage employment report lower job satisfaction whereas low-wage employment does not seem to make a difference for secondary earners. Furthermore, low-wage earners? job satisfaction is linked with the ability of their household to make ends meet." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Erdogan, Berrin & Talya N. Bauer (2021): Overqualification at Work: A Review and Synthesis of the Literature. In: Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, Jg. 8, S. 259-283. DOI:10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-012420-055831

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"Both perceived and objective measures of employee overqualification can impact job attitudes, various workplace behaviors, and work relationships. Utilizing motivation and capability-based theoretical approaches, this review summarizes research regarding the antecedents (demographic influences, personality traits, relational influences, job characteristics) and outcomes (individual health and well-being, turnover intentions and turnover, job performance, organizational citizenship behaviors, interpersonal relationships, innovative behaviors, counterproductive work behaviors, and career success) of overqualification. In addition, we review work done to date regarding the moderators and mediators of these relationships. Finally, we offer future directions for research." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Khalil, Samir, Almuth Lietz & Sabrina Jasmin Mayer (2021): Overqualification as Moderator for the Link Between Job Changes and Job Satisfaction Among Immigrated and Native-born People in Germany. (SocArXiv papers), 32 S. DOI:10.31219/osf.io/q7nu2

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"Job satisfaction is a major driver of an individual’s subjective well-being and thus affects public health, societal prosperity, and organizations, as dissatisfied employees are less productive and more likely to change jobs. However, changing jobs does not necessarily lead to higher job satisfaction in the long run: instead, previous studies have shown that changing jobs only increases job satisfaction for a shorter period of time before it gradually falls back to similar levels as before. This phenomenon is known as the honeymoon-hangover pattern. In our study, we identify an important new moderator of the relation between job changes and job satisfaction: the job-education match of job change. Based on relative deprivation theory, we argue that a job change out of overqualification lowers the likelihood of negative comparisons and thus increases the honeymoon period and lessens the hangover. In addition, we investigate whether this moderating effect is weaker for immigrants, since the phenomenon of overqualification occurs more frequently among them. We use data from the Socio-Economic Panel ranging from 1994-2018 and focus specifically on individual-periods of employees before and after job changes (N=134,417). Our results confirm that a change to a qualificationadequate job has a stronger and longer-lasting effect on job satisfaction which is lower for respondents born abroad." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Martin, Albert & Luca Cardinali (2021): Soziographie der Arbeitszufriedenheit. (Schriften aus dem Institut für Mittelstandsforschung / Universität Lüneburg 61), Lüneburg, 246 S.

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"Der vorliegende Beitrag befasst sich mit der Soziographie der Arbeitszufriedenheit. In Studien zur Arbeitszufriedenheit werden soziographische Merkmale oft als Kontrollgrößen eingesetzt. Ihre Berücksichtigung bei der Datenanalyse soll die Frage beantworten, ob sich der Einfluss von Determinanten der Arbeitszufriedenheit (Arbeitsinhalte, Arbeitsbedingungen, persönliche Dispositionen usw.) für unterschiedliche Personengruppen und Situationen jeweils anders darstellt. Die Berücksichtigung von Kontrollgrößen macht aber nur dann Sinn, wenn diese selbst eine empirische Beziehung entweder zu den Determinanten der Arbeitszufriedenheit und/oder zu der Arbeitszufriedenheit selbst aufweisen. Dem vorliegenden Beitrag geht es um die Frage, ob sich Zusammenhänge zwischen bedeutsamen soziographischen Merkmalen und der Arbeitszufriedenheit aufzeigen lassen. Als Datengrundlage dienen die 35 Erhebungswellen des Sozioökonomischen Panels (SOEP) von 1984 bis 2018. Im Einzelnen betrachtet werden die Variablen Erwerbsstatus, Geschlecht, Alter, Schulabschluss, Hochschulabschluss, Berufsstatus, Betriebszugehörigkeit und Unternehmensgröße. Für die meisten dieser Größen ergeben sich, wenn überhaupt, nur sehr schwache statistische Beziehungen mit der Arbeitszufriedenheit. Eine Ausnahme macht der Berufsstatus. Die Qualifikationsanforderungen, die sich damit verknüpfen und die hierarchische Position haben einen beachtlichen Einfluss auf die Arbeitszufriedenheit. Bemerkenswert ist die große Stabilität der Befunde über alle Erhebungsjahre von 1984 bis 2018 hinweg." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Pita, Cristina & Ramón José Torregrosa (2021): The gender-job satisfaction paradox through time and countries. In: Applied Economics Letters, Jg. 28, H. 12, S. 1000-1005. DOI:10.1080/13504851.2020.1792402

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"Much has been written about the so-called gender-job satisfaction paradox, derived from the fact that a significant number of empirical studies found that women reported higher levels of job satisfaction than their male counterparts, although they had what were considered ‘worse’ jobs in terms of pay and other nonmonetary working conditions. In this article, we use a procedure to compare the relative performance of groups when their achievements are described by distributions of outcomes over an ordered set of categories, the Balanced Worth Vector (BWV), to analyse whether women consistently report to be more satisfied at work than men in different periods of time and countries. The BWV offers a cardinal, complete and transitive evaluation that is based in the likelihood of getting better results. In our setting, the BWV methodology provides a complete ranking of the countries covered by the European Working Conditions Survey according to the relative levels of job satisfaction with working conditions that women and men in each country report. Our results indicate a decreasing gender differential over time and substantial differences across countries, proving that the gender-gap paradox cannot be considered a widespread phenomenon." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Ghetta, Anja, Andreas Hirschi, Mo Wang, Jérôme Rossier & Anne Herrmann (2020): Birds of a feather flock together: How congruence between worker and occupational personality relates to job satisfaction over time. In: Journal of vocational behavior, Jg. 119. DOI:10.1016/j.jvb.2020.103412

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"Person–environment fit (P–E fit) and job satisfaction are key constructs in vocational and organizational research. Research established that they are positively related, but little is known about how they relate over time. We analyzed P–E fit as the congruence between the Big Five personality traits of a worker and of all job incumbents in the same occupation, and how this congruence relates to job satisfaction over time. Analyses were based on 7049 participants from the German Socio-Economic Panel from 2005, 2009, and 2013. We used latent change score modeling to assess changes in congruence and job satisfaction over eight years, and further created 3D response surface plots based on polynomial regression to investigate nonlinear relations between each Big Five trait and job satisfaction. Change in P–E fit was not related to simultaneous change in job satisfaction and did not predict subsequent change in job satisfaction. The surface analyses indicated that a worker's and an occupation's personality are primarily independently relevant for the level of job satisfaction and that effects differ for different personality traits." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2020 Elsevier) ((en))

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Goerke, Laszlo (2020): Unions and Workers' Well-being. (GLO discussion paper / Global Labor Organization 726), Essen, 25 S.

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"If individuals join a trade union their utility should increase. Therefore, union members can be expected to exhibit higher job satisfaction than comparable non-members. This expectation is not consistent with empirical findings. The evidence sometimes indicates that union members have lower job satisfaction, but overall suggests the absence of a robust correlation. This survey discusses empirically relevant determinants of the relationship between trade union membership and job satisfaction. It distinguishes settings in which a trade union provides public goods from those in which it restricts the provision of benefits to its members. Furthermore, the survey summarizes the empirical evidence and indicates possible future research issues." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Redmond, Paul & Seamus McGuinness (2020): Explaining the gender gap in job satisfaction. In: Applied Economics Letters, Jg. 27, H. 17, S. 1415-1418. DOI:10.1080/13504851.2019.1686111

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"In general, women report greater job satisfaction than men. The existing literature cannot fully explain the nature of this difference, as the gap tends to persist even when controlling for job characteristics. In this paper, we study job satisfaction using recent data for 28 EU countries. Women, on average, are more satisfied than men and the gap remains even when we account for a wide range of personal, job and family characteristics. However, the gap disappears when we include job preferences, as women place greater importance on work-life balance and the intrinsic desirability of the work." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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OECD (2020): How's life? 2020. Measuring well-being. (How's life? 05), Paris, 244 S. DOI:10.1787/9870c393-en

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Navarro, María (2019): Financial, job and health satisfaction: A comparative approach on working people. In: Societies, Jg. 9, H. 2, S. 1-17. DOI:10.3390/soc9020034

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"The determinants of domain satisfactions could be differently evaluated depending on the aspect of life considered, which would lead to different implications for public policies. To test this hypothesis, using the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), we analyse the effect of different economic and non-economic factors on satisfaction with financial situation, job and health status. The main results confirm that several determinants exert different effects depending on the aspect of life that people are evaluating. For instance, household income only improves satisfaction with financial situation but it does not explain job or health satisfaction. However, those people with an active social life, who are less worried and distrustful, are more satisfied regardless of the aspect of life considered. These findings reflect the importance of studying the main determinants of the domain satisfactions using a comparative perspective to design and evaluate specific public policies, since some measures could be effective for improving satisfaction in one area of an individual's life but not for others." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Scholz, Christian & Lisa-Dorothee Grotefend (Hrsg.) (2019): Generation Z im Vier-Länder-Vergleich. Ein empirischer Vergleich von Deutschland, den Niederlanden, Österreich und Schweiz. (Strategie- und Informationsmanagement 36), Augsburg: Hampp, 346 S. DOI:10.978.395710/3246

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"Mit der Generation Z - geboren ab Anfang der 1990er Jahre - tritt zurzeit eine neue Generation in die Arbeitswelt ein, wird von ihr geprägt, aber prägt sie auch selbst. Diese Publikation befasst sich mit dem Phänomen 'Generation Z' - und zwar als Befragung von 3.610 Jugendlichen der Generation Z in Deutschland, den Niederlanden, Österreich sowie der Schweiz. Diese Publikation basiert auf den Masterarbeiten von Sabrina Eilers, Martin Elizen, Kathrin Meier und Claudia Karaca, geschrieben am Lehrstuhl für Betriebswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere Organisation, Personal- und Informationsmanagement der Universität des Saarlandes in Saarbrücken. Beantwortet werden unter anderem folgende Fragen: - Was erwartet die Generation Z vom Arbeitsleben? - Warum entscheidet sie sich für oder gegen einen Arbeitgeber? - In welcher Büroarchitektur will sie arbeiten? - Träumt sie wirklich vom Großraumbüro und vom Desksharing? - Welche Lebensträume hat sie? - Wie stellt sie sich Work-Life-Balance vor? - Wie sollten Arbeitszeitmodelle aussehen? - Wovor hat sie Angst? -Wie steht sie zu Politik und zu Tagespolitik? Hinzu kommt noch eine weitere und ganz wichtige Frage: Ist 'Generation Z' ein nationales beziehungsweise regionales Phänomen oder ist sie weltweit identisch? Ganz konkret: Was kommt dabei heraus, wenn man vier benachbarte Länder aus Mitteleuropa miteinander vergleicht?" (Verlagsangaben)

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Gutermann, Daniela (2018): Work engagement as a key for unlocking performance. An investigation across different organizational levels. Amsterdam, 225 S.

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"Constructive leadership and leaders' work engagement itself are important levers for employees' work engagement. Individual and organizational work engagement leads to individual and organizational performance. The Engagement-Index (ENG-I) is a statistically valiated and well accepted measurement of behavioral work engagement in organizations. These are the results of the dissertation by Daniela Gutermann.
Work engagement
Since people spend around one third of their day at work, the question of which factors enhance their well-being and their motivation at work is an important one. Moreover, organizations have to face several challenges, such as a quickly changing global economic market, digitalization, and continuous need for innovation. Work engagement is a construct that is an asset for both employees and organizations. Gutermann aims to answer the question which factors may foster work engagement within organizations and how this is related to individual and organizational performance across different organizational levels.
Constructive and destructive leadership
Daniela Gutermann investigated how constructive and destructive leadership is related to work engagement and which role leaders' work engagement itself may play for followers' tendency to engage in their work. Additionally, since a lot of organizations are interested in the topic of work engagement, she introduced a new engagement assessment - the Engagement Index (ENG-I) - that faces both, scientific and organizational requirements. Finally Gutermann analyzed the link between individual and organizational work engagement and performance by considering causality issues." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Lup, Daniela (2018): Something to Celebrate (or not): The Differing Impact of Promotion to Manager on the Job Satisfaction of Women and Men. In: Work, employment and society, Jg. 32, H. 2, S. 407-425. DOI:10.1177/0950017017713932

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"The literatures on gender status stereotyping and the 'glass-ceiling' have shown that women managers have more difficult job experiences than men, but whether these experiences result in lower job satisfaction is still an open question. Using fixed-effects models in a longitudinal national sample, this study examines differences in job satisfaction between women and men promoted into lower and higher-level management, after controlling for key determinants of job satisfaction. Results indicate that promotions to management are accompanied by an increase in job satisfaction for men but not for women, and that the differing effect lasts beyond the promotion year. Moreover, following promotion, the job satisfaction of women promoted to higher-level management even starts declining. The type of promotion (internal or lateral) does not modify this effect. By clarifying the relationship between gender, promotion to managerial position and job satisfaction, the study contributes to the literature on the gender gap in managerial representation." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Warr, Peter & Ilke Inceoglu (2018): Work Orientations, Well-Being and Job Content of Self-Employed and Employed Professionals. In: Work, employment and society, Jg. 32, H. 2, S. 292-311. DOI:10.1177/0950017017717684

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"Drawing on psychology-derived theories and methods, a questionnaire survey compared principal kinds of work orientation, job content and mental well-being between self-employed and organisationally employed professional workers. Self-employment was found to be particularly associated with energised well-being in the form of job engagement. The presence in self-employment of greater challenge, such as an enhanced requirement for personal innovation, accounted statistically for self-employed professionals' greater job engagement, and self-employed professionals more strongly valued personal challenge than did professionals employed in an organisation. However, no between-role differences occurred in respect of supportive job features such as having a comfortable workplace. Differences in well-being, job content and work orientations were found primarily in comparison between self-employees and organisational non-managers. The study emphasises the need to distinguish conceptually and empirically between different forms of work orientation, job content and well-being, and points to the value of incorporating psychological thinking in some sociological research." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Winkler, Ingo (2018): Identity work and emotions: a review. In: International Journal of Management Reviews, Jg. 20, H. 1, S. 120-133. DOI:10.1111/ijmr.12119

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"This paper reviews the empirical literature on identity work and identifies two distinct approaches to incorporating emotion. The majority of empirical studies use emotion to describe the experiences of identity work. In doing so, the authors (a) mention the emotions that people feel in situations that trigger identity work, (b) illustrate identity work as an emotional endeavour, and (c) describe the emotional impact of successful and unsuccessful identity work. There is also an emerging literature that examines the mutual constitution of emotions and identity work. These authors address emotional labour, affective social identification, emotional attachment and detachment, and humour when studying identity work. This paper suggests that, to understand better the relation between emotions and identity work, future research should examine the role of emotions in problematizing identity, the emotional constitution of the identity work experience, the intersection of emotions and other ways of knowing the self, and the links between emotions and power in identity work." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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(2018): Zukunft der Arbeit - Perspektive Mensch. Aktuelle Forschungserkenntnisse und Good Practices. Wiesbaden: Springer, 350 S. DOI:10.1007/978-3-658-22099-0

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"Dieses Fachbuch beschreibt Chancen und Risiken für Mitarbeitende und Führungskräfte in einer modernen Arbeitswelt. Übergeordnete Entwicklungen wie der demografische Wandel, die zunehmende Digitalisierung und Globalisierung sowie der damit einhergehende Wertewandel verändern die Organisationsumwelten und damit auch das Verständnis von Arbeit. Die Beitragsautoren richten ihr Augenmerk auf den Menschen und diskutieren, welche Auswirkungen diese Veränderungen auf die Arbeit des Einzelnen haben, wie zufrieden Mitarbeitende aktuell mit ihren Arbeitsinhalten und -umgebungen sind und wie sie künftig arbeiten wollen. Weiterhin untersuchen sie, welche Rahmenbedingungen, Strukturen, Büroformen und Modelle Organisationen künftig entwickeln müssen, um den Arbeitsplatz der Zukunft produktiv, motivierend und gesund zu gestalten. Die künftigen Kompetenzanforderungen an die Mitarbeitenden werden betrachtet und die Führungsrolle in der New Work wird analysiert. Die Einteilung der Beiträge in drei unterschiedliche Rubriken - wissenschaftliche Beiträge, Praxisberichte und persönliche Standpunkte - ermöglicht einen vielfältigen Lesezugang zum Thema." (Verlagsangaben, © Springer)

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Bille, Trine, Knut Løyland & Anders Holm (2017): Work for passion or money? Variations in artists' labor supply. In: Kyklos, Jg. 70, H. 3, S. 347-380. DOI:10.1111/kykl.12141

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"This paper assesses the relative impact of work for money or work for passion on Norwegian artists by examining artists' labor supply. Our contribution is twofold. The first is to test the work-preference model and the second is to investigate the impact of arts grants on artists' labor supply. The empirical specification draws two distinctions: between arts and non-arts income and between labor and non-labor income. Non-labor income is divided into three different sources: (1) spouse's income, (2) income from financial assets and social benefits, and (3) arts grants and subsidies. Our contribution adds to the literature by estimating the significance of these various income sources on the time allocated to arts work, non-arts work, and leisure. The results provide convincing evidence for the work-preference model, and ad hoc evidence shows that art grants have a significant positive effect on the supply of arts hours. This finding supports arts policy and shows the impact of art grants on artists' motivation to work on their arts. The causality of wages on supply is demonstrated by estimating the effects of wage shocks (grants) on arts labor supply using fixed-effect and difference-in-difference methods." (Author's abstract, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons) ((en))

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Bryson, Alex & George MacKerron (2017): Are you happy while you work? In: The economic journal, Jg. 127, H. 599, S. 106-125. DOI:10.1111/ecoj.12269

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"Using a new data source permitting individuals to record their well-being via a smartphone, we explore within-person variance in individuals' well-being measured momentarily at random points in time. We ?nd paid work is ranked lower than any of the other 39 activities individuals can report engaging in, with the exception of being sick in bed. Precisely how unhappy one is while working varies signi?cantly with where you work; whether you are combining work with other activities; whether you are alone or with others; and the time of day or night you are working." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Orth, Ulrich, Richard W. Robins & Keith F. Widaman (2017): Life-span development of self-esteem and its effects on important life outcomes. In: Journal of personality and social psychology, Jg. 102, H. 6. DOI:10.1037/a0025558

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We examined the life-span development of self-esteem and tested whether self-esteem influences the development of important life outcomes, including relationship satisfaction, job satisfaction, occupational status, salary, positive and negative affect, depression, and physical health. Data came from the Longitudinal Study of Generations. Analyses were based on 5 assessments across a 12-year period of a sample of 1,824 individuals ages 16 to 97 years. First, growth curve analyses indicated that self-esteem increases from adolescence to middle adulthood, reaches a peak at about age 50 years, and then decreases in old age. Second, cross-lagged regression analyses indicated that self-esteem is best modeled as a cause rather than a consequence of life outcomes. Third, growth curve analyses, with self-esteem as a time-varying covariate, suggested that self-esteem has medium-sized effects on life-span trajectories of affect and depression, small to medium-sized effects on trajectories of relationship and job satisfaction, a very small effect on the trajectory of health, and no effect on the trajectory of occupational status. These findings replicated across 4 generations of participants -- children, parents, grandparents, and their great-grandparents. Together, the results suggest that self-esteem has a significant prospective impact on real-world life experiences and that high and low self-esteem are not mere epiphenomena of success and failure in important life domains. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)

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OECD (2017): How's life? 2017. Measuring well-being. (How's life? 04), Paris, 458 S. DOI:10.1787/how_life-2017-en

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"Alle zwei Jahre stellt die OECD die Frage: Wie ist das Leben? Wie steht es um Einkommen und Beschäftigung, aber auch Wohnen, Gesundheit, Bildung, den sozialen Zusammenhalt oder die Work-Life-Balance? Die aktuelle Untersuchung zeigt: In den letzten zehn Jahren hat sich die Lebensqualität in vielen Bereichen verbessert, doch es gibt auch rückläufige Entwicklungen und vor allem Unterschiede nach Geschlecht und Bildungsniveau.
Die OECD-Studie 'How's Life? 2017' analysiert mithilfe von 50 international vergleichbaren Indikatoren jenseits des Bruttoinlandsprodukts die Lebensbedingungen der Menschen in den 35 OECD- und sechs Partnerländern. Ein Kapitel befasst sich mit der Situation von Migranten. Ein weiteres Kapitel präsentiert die Ergebnisse der einzelnen Länder." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Ewers, Mara (2016): Vertrauen und emotionale Stabilität als Determinanten von Erfolg und Lebenszufriedenheit. In: IW-Trends, Jg. 43, H. 2, S. 1-89. DOI:10.2373/1864-810X.16-02-06

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"Wie erklären sich Unterschiede im guten und erfolgreichen Leben, wenn man dieses an der Lebens- und Arbeitszufriedenheit, dem Bruttostundenlohn, der Gesundheit und den Ausbildungsjahren festmacht? Erkenntnisse fachübergreifender Forschung von Ökonomen und Psychologen werfen die Frage auf, ob allein ökonomische Präferenzen sowie gesellschaftliche und ökonomische Rahmenbedingungen hierfür verantwortlich sind. Die vorliegende Untersuchung zeigt, dass Ungleichheit auch eine Folge der Entwicklung der Persönlichkeit ist. Ökonomische Präferenzen und Persönlichkeitsmerkmale sind nicht perfekt austauschbar. Vielmehr ergänzen sie sich. Erfolgreiche Bundesbürger in allen untersuchten Lebensbereichen weisen vor allem hohe Werte bei der emotionalen Stabilität und beim Vertrauen auf. Von den Bundesbürgern, die der Aussage 'Im Allgemeinen kann man den Menschen vertrauen' voll zustimmten, geben 72 Prozent eine hohe Lebenszufriedenheit an. Unter allen Deutschen trifft dies nur auf jeden zweiten zu." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Jones, Melanie K., P. L. Latreille & Peter J. Sloane (2016): Job anxiety, work-related psychological illness and workplace performance. In: BJIR, Jg. 54, H. 4, S. 742-767. DOI:10.1111/bjir.12159

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"This article uses matched employee - employer data from the British Workplace Employment Relations Survey to examine the relationship between employee psychological health and workplace performance in 2004 and 2011. Using two measures of work-related psychological health - namely employee-reported job anxiety and manager-reported workforce stress, depression and anxiety - we find a positive relationship between psychological ill-health and absence, but not quits. The association between psychological ill-health and labour productivity is less clear, with estimates sensitive to sector, time period and the measure of psychological health. The 2004 - 2011 panel is further used to explore the extent to which change in psychological health is related to change in performance." (Author's abstract, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons) ((en))

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Otto, Kathleen, Gisela Mohr, Maria U. Kottwitz & Sabine Korek (2016): The joint impact of microeconomic parameters and job insecurity perceptions on commitment towards one's job, occupation and career. A multilevel approach. In: Economic and Industrial Democracy, Jg. 37, H. 1, S. 43-71. DOI:10.1177/0143831X14535822

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"This study investigates the relationship of microeconomic parameters and subjective job insecurity perceptions with vocational commitment, i.e. commitment towards one's job, occupation and career in a sample of 236 individuals, nested in 47 German administrative districts. Applying a multilevel approach, job insecurity (quantitative and qualitative) and vocational commitment indicators (operationalized via job involvement, occupational commitment and career satisfaction) were measured at the individual level, whereas microeconomic parameters were collected at the level of administrative district. In addition to regional unemployment rates, we included two further economic parameters, namely change in gainful employment (i.e., change in a district's number of gainful workers) and change in economic growth (i.e., change in a district's GDP). It is worth noting that our findings only revealed spillover effects from economic parameters on qualitative (not quantitative) job insecurity on a bivariate level (not after considering controls in multilevel regressions). Cross-level interactions further indicated that environmental economic conditions are important for the relationship between subjective job insecurity perceptions and outcomes." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Perales, Francisco & Wojtek Tomaszewski (2016): Happier with the same. Job satisfaction of disadvantaged workers. In: BJIR, Jg. 54, H. 4, S. 685-708. DOI:10.1111/bjir.12152

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"Job satisfaction evaluations depend not only on the objective circumstances that workers experience in their jobs, but also on their subjective dispositions, such as their aspirations, expectations, feelings of entitlement or personal evaluation criteria. We use matched employer - employee data from the United Kingdom to examine whether and how subjective dispositions influencing job satisfaction vary across workers with different socio-demographic traits. We approximate jobs using detailed occupations within workplaces and find that most of the variability in job satisfaction is at the worker rather than the proximate-job level, and that workers with disadvantaged statuses report higher satisfaction with the same jobs than those with advantaged statuses." (Author's abstract, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons) ((en))

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Pfaff, Simon & Marc Kuhn (2016): Die Bewertung der Arbeitszufriedenheit. Eine standardisierte Methode zur Befragung behinderter und nicht-behinderter Beschäftigter. In: Arbeit. Zeitschrift für Arbeitsforschung, Arbeitsgestaltung und Arbeitspolitik, Jg. 25, H. 1/2, S. 57-79. DOI:10.1515/arbeit-2016-0025

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"Eine hohe Arbeitszufriedenheit hat - unabhängig vom Grad der Behinderung - nicht nur einen positiven Einfluss auf die Lebensqualität der Beschäftigten, sondern auch eine hohe Bedeutung für den Arbeitgeber. Trotzdem finden sich in der standardisierten Umfrageforschung kaum Arbeiten, die sich systematisch der Zufriedenheit behinderter und nicht-behinderter Arbeitnehmerinnen und Arbeitnehmer widmen. In diesem Beitrag zur Methodenentwicklung und Methodendiskussion entwickeln wir basierend auf verfügbaren Messinstrumenten einen Vorschlag zur Messung der allgemeinen Arbeitszufriedenheit. Auf der Grundlage einer Befragung in Integrationsfirmen in Baden-Württemberg prüfen wir Aspekte der Reliabilität und Validität des Erhebungsinstruments. Dabei stellen wir fest, dass die resultierende Datenqualität als zufriedenstellend angesehen werden kann." (Autorenreferat, © De Gruyter)

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Rollero, Chiara, Angela Fedi & Norma De Piccoli (2016): Gender or occupational status. What counts more for well-being at work? In: Social indicators research, Jg. 128, H. 2, S. 467-480. DOI:10.1007/s11205-015-1039-x

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"Literature has conceptualized well-being in the work domain through specific constructs, such as job satisfaction, work alienation, work-family conflict, and the perception of decision-making. Research from a gender perspective has examined gender differences in relation to these variables, showing that -compared to men -women in most cases experience lower job satisfaction, less decision-making, and higher work-family conflict. Another body of studies has driven the attention to the impact of the occupational status, demonstrating a general positive effect of high-status occupations. However, considering disparities between men and women in career success, the documented gender differences may also be influenced by the fact that women generally hold lower positions, as well as the effects of status may be related to the prevalence of men in high-status job. The purpose of the present study was to extend past research by examining the effects of both gender and status on job satisfaction, work alienation, work-family conflict, and decision-making. To this aim 238 workers (52.5 % males) holding high-status (N = 98) and low-status (N = 140) positions were involved in the research. Results indicated that when the relative salience of both gender and status is considered to understand well-being at work, status counts more than gender. Nevertheless, gender remains a significant dimension that may not be neglected, as it plays a relevant role, along with status, on job satisfaction and perception of decision-making. Implications are discussed." (Author's abstract, © Springer-Verlag) ((en))

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Verhaest, Dieter & Elsy Verhofstadt (2016): Overeducation and job satisfaction. The role of job demands and control. In: International journal of manpower, Jg. 37, H. 3, S. 456-473. DOI:10.1108/IJM-04-2014-0106

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"Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate how job demands and control contribute to the relationship between overeducation and job satisfaction.
Design/methodology/approach: The analysis is based on data for Belgian young workers up to the age of 26. The authors execute regression analyses, with autonomy, quantitative demands and job satisfaction as dependent variables. The authors account for unobserved individual heterogeneity by means of panel-data techniques.
Findings: The results reveal a significant role of demands and control for the relationship between overeducation and job satisfaction. At career start, overeducated workers have less control than adequately educated individuals with similar skills levels, but more control than adequately educated employees doing similar work. Moreover, their control increases faster over the career than that of adequately educated workers with a similar educational background. Finally, demands have less adverse effects on satisfaction for high-skilled workers, irrespective of their match, while control moderates the negative satisfaction effect of overeducation.
Research limitations/implications: Future research should look beyond the early career and focus on other potential compensation mechanisms for overeducation. Also the role of underlying mechanisms, such as job crafting, deserves more attention.
Practical implications: The results suggest that providing more autonomy is an effective strategy to avoid job dissatisfaction among overeducated workers.
Originality/value: The study connects two areas of research, namely, that on overeducation and its consequences and that on the role of job demands and control for workers' well-being. The results contribute to a better understanding why overeducation persists. Moreover, they are consistent with the hypothesis that employers hire overeducated workers because they require less monitoring and are more able to cope with demands, although more direct evidence on this is needed." (Author's abstract, © Emerald Group) ((en))

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Volmer, Judith, Iris K. Koch & Anja S. Göritz (2016): The bright and dark sides of leaders' dark triad traits. Effects on subordinates' career success and well-being. In: Personality and individual differences, Jg. 101, H. October, S. 413-418. DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2016.06.046

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"Leaders play a pivotal role in organizations. In the present study, we investigated the role of leaders' Dark Triad traits (i.e., narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism) on employees' objective career success (i.e., salary and number of promotions) and subjective career success (i.e., career satisfaction). Further, we investigated how leaders' Dark Triad traits affect employees' well-being (i.e., emotional exhaustion and job satisfaction). In a longitudinal study with two measurement points and a time lag of 3 months, 811 employees from the private and public sector in Germany participated. Results from multiple regressions showed that leaders' Dark Triad traits had, depending on the specific Dark Triad trait, bright and dark sides for employees. Narcissism turned out to be the brightest Dark Triad trait with benefits for subordinates' objective and subjective career success, and with no adverse effects on subordinates' well-being. Extending previous research by investigating the link between leaders' Dark Triad traits on subordinates' outcomes, we found evidence for the assumption that Machiavellianism and psychopathy have detrimental effects, also when considering subordinates' career success and well-being. Implications for leadership and career research are derived." (Author's abstract, © 2016 Elsevier) ((en))

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Wolter, Stefanie, Sandra Broszeit, Corinna Frodermann, Philipp Grunau & Lutz Bellmann (2016): Befragung von Betrieben und Beschäftigten: Mehr Zufriedenheit und Engagement in Betrieben mit guter Personalpolitik. (IAB-Kurzbericht 16/2016), Nürnberg, 6 S.

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"Betriebe in Deutschland sind angesichts der Konkurrenz um Fachkräfte zunehmend herausgefordert, ihren Beschäftigten ein hohes Maß an guten Arbeitsbedingungen zu bieten. Die wahrgenommene Arbeitsqualität ist ein Zeichen von Arbeitgeberattraktivität und hängt stark mit guter Personalführung zusammen. In dem Kurzbericht wird unter anderem die Verbreitung von Arbeitsbelastungen wie starker Termindruck, Informationsflut, unangenehme Umgebungsbedingungen und körperliche Anstrengungen am Arbeitsplatz untersucht. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Betriebe, die Personalpolitik klug einsetzen, engagiertere und zufriedenere Beschäftigte haben." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Brenke, Karl (2015): Die große Mehrzahl der Beschäftigten in Deutschland ist mit ihrer Arbeit zufrieden. In: DIW-Wochenbericht, Jg. 82, H. 32/33, S. 715-722.

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"Die allermeisten Erwerbstätigen bewerten ihre berufliche Tätigkeit positiv; nur jeder Achte ist mit ihr unzufrieden. An diesem Bild hat sich in den vergangenen 20 Jahren nichts verändert. Es zeigen sich kaum Unterschiede im Ausmaß der Zufriedenheit zwischen den Geschlechtern, zwischen den Beschäftigten in Westdeutschland und Ostdeutschland sowie zwischen den verschiedenen Altersgruppen. Auch die Höhe der Entlohnung sowie die Art der ausgeübten Tätigkeit haben keinen starken Einfluss auf die Zufriedenheit mit dem Job. Bei der Bewertung einer beruflichen Tätigkeit spielen nicht nur deren Eigenschaften eine Rolle, sondern auch die Einschätzungen der Beschäftigten darüber, was der Job ihnen bieten sollte. Dem entsprechend wird die Arbeitszufriedenheit erheblich von Gefühlen und persönlichen Eigenheiten beeinflusst. Unzufrieden mit ihrer Arbeit sind relativ häufig Personen, die oft ängstlich oder ärgerlich sind, die sich vergleichsweise selten glücklich fühlen und die weniger optimistisch in die Zukunft schauen. Personen, die mit ihrer Arbeit unzufrieden sind, neigen häufiger zum Jobwechsel, und dadurch steigt in vielen Fällen die Zufriedenheit. Es gibt aber auch nicht wenige Personen, die an ihrer Stelle festhalten, und dennoch im Laufe der Zeit zufriedener werden. Vermutlich arrangieren sie sich mit den Gegebenheiten." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Chaudhuri, Kausik, Kevin T. Reilly & David A. Spencer (2015): Job satisfaction, age and tenure. A generalized dynamic random effects model. In: Economics letters, Jg. 130, H. May, S. 13-16. DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2015.02.017

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"This paper examines the effects of age and tenure on job satisfaction. We estimate a generalized dynamic random effects ordered probit model using the British Household Panel Survey. Contrary to previous literature, we find that age has no significant impact on job satisfaction for females, and a limited impact for males who report higher levels of job satisfaction. We also find that tenure shares a non-monotonic relationship with job satisfaction for females. For males, the same result is found only at higher levels of job satisfaction. Our results suggest that age and tenure effects on job satisfaction vary with gender." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Marinova, Sophia V., Chunyan Peng, Natalia Lorinkovac, Linn Van Dyne & Dan Chiaburu (2015): Change-oriented behavior : a meta-analysis of individual and job design predictors. In: Journal of vocational behavior, Jg. 88, H. June, S. 104-120. DOI:10.1016/j.jvb.2015.02.006

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"We propose and meta-analytically test a theoretical model of individual and job-based predictors of change-oriented behaviors. Meta-analytic tests (106 effect sizes, N= 28,402) demonstrate that employee's proactive personality is a stronger predictor of change-oriented behavior than the five-factor model (FFM) personality traits of openness and extraversion. Also, enriched job characteristics (autonomy, complexity, and task significance) are more important in predicting change-oriented behavior, than un-enriched job characteristics (routinization and formalization). Finally, we establish work engagement as a mediator that provides an explanation for how and why proactive personality and enriched job characteristics predict change-oriented behavior. We provide both theoretical and empirical integration of the literature with practical implications for managing change-oriented behaviors, which are increasingly recognized as important to both organizational effectiveness and employee career management." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Smithers, Samuel (2015): Goals, motivation and gender. In: Economics letters, Jg. 131, H. June, S. 75-77. DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2015.03.030

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"I present an experiment on non-binding goals and motivational effects. Consistent with results from psychology, I find that goals increase output. This is due to improved speed and accuracy. Men are more responsive to goals than women." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Virga, Delia, Alexandra Horga & Dragos Iliescu (2015): Work-life imbalance as a moderator in the relationship between resources and work engagement. In: Journal of personnel psychology, Jg. 14, H. 2, S. 80-90. DOI:10.1027/1866-5888/a000135

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"This study examines the interplay between (a) job resources, (b) personal resources (organizational-based self-esteem, self-efficacy), and personality traits (conscientiousness, extraversion, and emotional stability), (c) a specific job demand (work-life imbalance), and (d) work engagement, in line with the alternative JD-R model proposed by Bakker (2011). Data was collected from 223 Romanian employees. Results Show that work-life imbalance (WLI) undermines the positive relationship between self-efficacy and work engagement. In a three-way Job resources x Personal resources x Job demands interaction, self-efficacy and job resources had a positive relationship with work engagement when work-life imbalance was low. Also, in a three-way Job resources x Personality x Job demands interaction, the association between emotional stability and job resources was positive when work-life imbalance was low." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Barnay, Thomas (2014): Health, work and working conditions. A review of the European economic literature. (OECD Economics Department working papers 1148), Paris, 32 S. DOI:10.1787/5jz0zb71xhmr-en

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"Economists have traditionally been very cautious when studying the interaction between employment and health because of the two-way causal relationship between these two variables: health status influences the probability of being employed and, at the same time, working affects the health status. Because these two variables are determined simultaneously, researchers control endogeneity bias (e.g., reverse causality, omitted variables) when conducting empirical analysis. With these caveats in mind, the literature finds that a favourable work environment and high job security lead to better health conditions. Being employed with appropriate working conditions plays a protective role on physical health and psychiatric disorders. By contrast, non-employment and retirement are generally worse for mental health than employment, and overemployment has a negative effect on health. These findings stress the importance of employment and of adequate working conditions for the health of workers. In this context, it is a concern that a significant proportion of European workers (29%) would like to work fewer hours because unwanted long hours are likely to signal a poor level of job satisfaction and inadequate working conditions, with detrimental effects on health. Thus, in Europe, labour-market policy has increasingly paid attention to job sustainability and job satisfaction. The literature clearly invites employers to take better account of the worker preferences when setting the number of hours worked. Overall, a specific 'flexicurity' (combination of high employment protection, job satisfaction and active labour-market policies) is likely to have a positive effect on health. This Working Paper relates to the 2014 OECD Economic Survey of the United States." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Bassanini, Andrea & Eve Caroli (2014): Is work bad for health? The role of constraint vs. choice. (IZA discussion paper 7891), Bonn, 28 S.

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"This paper reviews the literature on the impact of work on health. We consider work along two dimensions: (i) the intensive margin, i.e. how many hours an individual works and (ii) the extensive margin, i.e. whether an individual is in employment or not, independent of the number of hours worked. We show that most of the evidence on the negative health impact of work found in the literature is based on situations in which workers have essentially no control (no choice) over the amount of work they provide. In essence, what is detrimental to health is not so much work per se as much as the gap which may exist between the actual and the desired amount of work, both at the intensive and extensive margins." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Brown, Melissa, Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, Tay K. McNamara & Elyssa Besen (2014): Returning to the workforce after retiring. A job demands, job control, social support perspective on job satisfaction. In: The International Journal of Human Resource Management, Jg. 25, H. 22, S. 3113-3133. DOI:10.1080/09585192.2014.919951

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"Despite growing interest in the aging of the workforce, few investigations have explored a key aspect of diversity among older workers: whether or not they consider themselves retired. Using a sample of workers ages 50 and older from the National Study of the Changing Workforce (2008), we apply career development theory and the job demand - control( - support) framework to investigate potential differences between working retirees (i.e. employed older adults 50+ who consider themselves retired) and working non-retirees (i.e. employed older adults 50+ who do not consider themselves retired) in terms of their job characteristics (i.e. demands, control, support) and how these job characteristics are related to job satisfaction. We find that working retirees report lower job demands and higher social support, and that there is limited evidence for the buffering hypothesis. Implications for researchers and employers are discussed." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Cheng, Ting, Saija Mauno & Cynthia Lee (2014): The buffering effect of coping strategies in the relationship between job insecurity and employee well-being. In: Economic and Industrial Democracy, Jg. 35, H. 1, S. S .71-94. DOI:10.1177/0143831X12463170

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"The modern labour market features job insecurity (JI) as an unavoidable stressor. This study considers the influence of personal coping strategies by combining the conservation of resources with spillover theory. Do coping strategies buffer the negative effects of JI on well-being (work engagement, marital satisfaction and emotional energy at work and home)? A cybernetic coping scale distinguishes five coping strategies and a survey of 2764 Finnish employees reveals that changing the situation and symptom reduction buffer the negative effect of JI on emotional energy at work and home, respectively. Devaluation and accommodation have buffering tendencies in relation to work engagement and marital satisfaction. Thus, more engaged coping strategies reduce the negative effects of JI on employee well-being. Employees who use disengaged coping (i.e. avoidance) instead are less likely to remain engaged at work, such that frequent use of avoidance coping strengthens the negative relationship between JI and employee well-being." (Text excerpt, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Coada, Alex & Martin Binder (2014): Causal linkages between work and life satisfaction and their determinants in a structural VAR approach. In: Economics letters, Jg. 124, H. 2, S. 263-268. DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2014.05.021

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"Work and life satisfaction depend on a number of pecuniary and non-pecuniary factors at the workplace and determine these in turn. We analyze these causal linkages using a structural vector autoregression approach for a German sample of the working populace from 1984 to 2008, finding that workplace autonomy plays an important causal role in determining well-being." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Dahlmanns, Andreas (2014): Generation Y und Personalmanagement. (Praxisorientierte Personal- und Organisationsforschung 18), München: Hampp, 112 S.

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"Wer ist die Generation Y und welche Bedeutung hat sie für das Personalmanagement in einem Unternehmen? Dieses Buch verschafft den Lesern einen Überblick über die Generation Y und einzelne Einflussfaktoren, welche diese geprägt haben. Es werden konkrete Anforderungen der Generation Y an einen Arbeitgeber sowie deren Auswirkung auf das Personalmanagement aufgezeigt. Darüber hinaus werden ausgewählte Aufgabenfelder des Personalmanagements hinsichtlich einer generationsspezifischen Gestaltung beschrieben." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Enste, Dominik & Mara Ewers (2014): Lebenszufriedenheit in Deutschland. Entwicklung und Einflussfaktoren. In: IW-Trends, Jg. 41, H. 2, S. 43-58. DOI:10.2373/1864-810X.14-02-04

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"Die Arbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland ist auf dem niedrigsten Stand seit der Wiedervereinigung. Dies hat auch zur Folge, dass die Lebenszufriedenheit in Deutschland auf einen Höchststand angestiegen ist. Denn erwerbstätige Menschen geben eine signifikant höhere allgemeine Lebenszufriedenheit an als Arbeitslose. Auf Basis der neuesten Befragung des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels zeigt sich, dass rund die Hälfte der Deutschen mit ihrem Leben in hohem Maß zufrieden sind. Nur eine kleine Gruppe von weniger als zwei Prozent der Befragten gibt eine niedrige Zufriedenheit an. Das Ausmaß der Zufriedenheit bleibt im Lauf des Lebens nicht konstant, sondern verläuft sinusförmig. Junge Menschen und Ruheständler kurz vor und nach Renteneintritt sind besonders zufrieden. Personen im Alter von 50 bis zu 60 Jahren sowie Menschen über 80 Jahre sind im Durchschnitt am unzufriedensten. Ein Zusammenhang zwischen Höhe des Einkommens und Ausmaß der Lebenszufriedenheit besteht nur mittelbar. Wer gesund ist, einen Hochschulabschluss erworben hat oder anderen vertraut, ist auch zufriedener. So weisen zum Beispiel 64 Prozent der Personen, die Vertrauen in andere Menschen haben, eine hohe Lebenszufriedenheit auf. Unter den misstrauischeren Befragten sind es nur 30 Prozent. Auch ehrenamtliches Engagement scheint glücklich zu machen. Zwar engagieren sich nur 10 Prozent der Deutschen regelmäßig, ohne hierfür ein Entgelt zu beziehen, dafür sind sie signifikant zufriedener als andere." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Fehrler, Sebastian & Michael Kosfeld (2014): Pro-social missions and worker motivation. An experimental study. In: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Jg. 100, H. April, S. 99-110. DOI:10.1016/j.jebo.2014.01.010

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"Do employees work harder if their job has the right mission? In a laboratory labor market experiment, we test whether subjects provide higher effort if they can choose the mission of their job. We observe that subjects do not provide higher effort than in a control treatment. Surprised by this finding, we run a second experiment in which subjects can choose whether they want to work on a job with their preferred mission or not. A subgroup of agents (roughly one third) is willing to do so even if this option is more costly than choosing the alternative job. Moreover, we find that these subjects provide substantially higher effort. These results suggest that relatively few workers can be motivated by missions and that selection into mission-oriented organizations is important to explain empirical findings of lower wages and high motivation in the latter." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Higgs, Malcolm & Victor Dulewicz (2014): Antecedents of well-being. A study to examine the extent to which personality and emotional intelligence contribute to well-being. In: The international journal of human resource management, Jg. 25, H. 5, S. 718-735. DOI:10.1080/09585192.2013.815253

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"In the debate surrounding the relationships between HRM and performance, there is an argument suggesting that a focus on understanding the role of employee attitudes and behaviours may elicit valuable insights into performance drivers. In examining individual behaviour and performance links, there is evidence that well-being plays a significant role. Other notable performance antecedents are personality and emotional intelligence (EI). This paper explores the relationships between these variables and reports the findings from a study of 156 managers. Results show relationships between well-being and EI as well as with personality, although EI explained variance beyond personality dimensions. The implications for HR of these findings are discussed." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Kifle, Temesgen, Parvinder Kler & Sriram Shankar (2014): The power of the pram. Do young children determine female job satisfaction. In: Applied Economics Letters, Jg. 21, H. 4, S. 289-292. DOI:10.1080/13504851.2013.856991

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"Policy-makers worldwide have attempted a number of strategies over the last few decades to increase female labour-force participation without jeopardizing their choice of also maintaining a fulfilling family life, should they choose to do so. One such Australian strategy heavily subscribed by females with young children has been to promote part-time employment. Results provide evidence that females with young children at home engaged in part-time employment are generally more satisfied with their working hours and work - life balance relative to those with older and no children, whilst the opposite holds when looking at those in full-time employment. This suggests that part-time employment should be pursued as a policy tool to aid females with young children maintain a relationship with the labour market without having to also give up being the primary carer of their children." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Kosfeld, Michael, Susanne Neckermann & Xiaolan Yang (2014): Knowing that you matter, matters! The interplay of meaning, monetary incentives, and worker recognition. (IZA discussion paper 8055), Bonn, 27 S.

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"We manipulate workers' perceived meaning of a job in a field experiment. Half of the workers are informed that their job is important, the other half are told that their job is of no relevance. Results show that workers exert more effort when meaning is high, corroborating previous findings on the relationship between meaning and work effort. We then compare the effect of meaning to the effect of monetary incentives and of worker recognition via symbolic awards. We also look at interaction effects. While meaning outperforms monetary incentives, the latter have a robust positive effect on performance that is independent of meaning. In contrast, meaning and recognition have largely similar effects but interact negatively. Our results are in line with image-reward theory (Bénabou and Tirole 2006) and suggest that meaning and worker recognition operate via the same channel, namely image seeking." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Kropfhäußer, Frieder & Marco Sunder (2014): A weighty issue revisited. The dynamic effect of body weight on earnings and satisfaction in Germany. (SOEPpapers on multidisciplinary panel data research at DIW Berlin 635), Berlin, 14 S.

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"We estimate the relationship between changes in the body mass index (bmi) and wages or satisfaction, respectively, in a panel of German employees. In contrast to previous literature, the dynamic models indicate that there is an inverse u-shaped association between bmi and wages among young workers. Among young male workers, work satisfaction is affected beyond the effect on earnings. Our finding of an implied optimum bmi in the overweight range could indicate that the recent rise in weight does not yet constitute a major limitation to productivity." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Kulic, Nevena (2014): European women. The link between money, career, and financial satisfaction. In: European Sociological Review, Jg. 30, H. 3, S. 287-301. DOI:10.1093/esr/jct030

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"This study goes beyond economic research on women's economic independence, which relies only on income in explaining women's economic well-being within a household, and adopts a perspective that recognizes the importance of their actual employment patterns and occupational choices (Gerson, 1993, Hakim, 2000). Using the data on financial satisfaction from the European Community Household Panel from 1994 - 2001, this article compares married and cohabiting women from five industrialized European countries. Analyses indicate that it is not relative income or pure employment that matters the most for a woman's financial satisfaction but, more likely, the choice of continuous and full-time labour market involvement. The data also offer other interesting findings: a homemaking career may be as beneficial for a woman's financial satisfaction as continuous employment, while a discontinuous employment path seems to be detrimental for a woman's financial satisfaction. Cross-country comparison shows that institutions alter women's economic well-being independently of their individual achievements, suggesting that more research is needed to disentangle the institutional components that most influence the relation between women's paid and unpaid employment, and their economic well-being." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Schlett, Christian & Rene Ziegler (2014): Job emotions and job cognitions as determinants of job satisfaction. The moderating role of individual differences in need for affect. In: Journal of vocational behavior, Jg. 84, H. 1, S. 74-89. DOI:10.1016/j.jvb.2013.11.005

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"Research has shown that job satisfaction is determined by both cognitions about the job and affect at work. However, findings from basic and applied attitude research suggest that the extent to which attitudes are based on affective and cognitive information is contingent on stable individual differences, in particular need for affect. Based on current conceptualizations of job satisfaction as an attitude toward the job, we hypothesized that job satisfaction depends more on affect and less on cognitions, the higher a person's need for affect is. To test these hypotheses, we conducted two correlational studies (N = 194 university employees; N = 134 employees from various organizations) as well as an experimental study (N = 191 university employees) in which the salience of positive versus negative job cognitions was varied. Results supported our hypotheses. We discuss theoretical and practical implications of these differences in affective and cognitive underpinnings of job satisfaction." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Bille, Trine, Cecilie Bryld Fjaellegaard, Bruno S. Frey & Lasse Steiner (2013): Happiness in the arts. International evidence on artists' job satisfaction. In: Economics Letters, Jg. 121, H. 1, S. 15-18. DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2013.06.016

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"Many artists are prone to high unemployment and low incomes suggesting low job satisfaction. Our analysis including 49 countries paints a different picture. On average artists enjoy higher job satisfaction than other employees, mainly due to more autonomy." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Binder, Martin & Alex Coad (2013): Life satisfaction and self-employment. A matching approach. In: Small business economics, Jg. 40, H. 4, S. 1009-1033. DOI:10.1007/s11187-011-9413-9

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"Despite lower incomes, the self-employed consistently report higher satisfaction with their jobs. But are self-employed individuals also happier, more satisfied with their lives as a whole? High job satisfaction might cause them to neglect other important domains of life, such that the fulfilling job crowds out other pleasures, leaving the individual on the whole not happier than others. Moreover, self-employment is often chosen to escape unemployment, not for the associated autonomy that seems to account for the high job satisfaction. We apply matching estimators that allow us to better take into account the above-mentioned considerations and construct an appropriate control group (in terms of balanced covariates). Using the BHPS dataset that comprises a large nationally representative sample of the British populace, we find that individuals who move from regular employment into self-employment experience an increase in life satisfaction (up to 2 years later), while individuals moving from unemployment to self-employment are not more satisfied than their counterparts moving from unemployment to regular employment. We argue that these groups correspond to 'opportunity' and 'necessity' entrepreneurship, respectively. These findings are robust with regard to different measures of subjective well-being as well as choice of matching variables, and also robustness exercises involving 'simulated confounders'." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Bryson, Alex & George MacKerron (2013): Are you happy while you work? (CEP discussion paper 1187), London, 25 S.

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"Recent work in psychology and economics has investigated ways in which individuals experience their lives. This literature includes influences on individuals' momentary happiness. We contribute to this literature using a new data source, Mappiness (www.mappiness.org.uk), which permits individuals to record their wellbeing via a smartphone. The data contain more than a million observations on tens of thousands of individuals in the UK, collected since August 2010. We explore the links between individuals' wellbeing measured momentarily at random points in time and their experiences of paid work. We explore variation in wellbeing within-individual over time having accounted for fixed unobservable differences across people. We quantify the effects of working on individuals' affect relative to other activities they perform. We consider the effects of working on two aspects of affect: happiness and relaxation. We find paid work is ranked lower than any of the other 39 activities individuals engage in, with the exception of being sick in bed. Although controlling for other factors, including person fixed effects, reduces the size of the association its rank position remains the same and the effect is still equivalent to a 7-8% reduction in happiness relative to circumstances in which one is not working. Paid work has a similar though slightly larger negative impact on being relaxed. However, precisely how unhappy or anxious one is while working depends on the circumstances. Wellbeing at work varies significantly with where you work (at home, at work, elsewhere); whether you are combining work with other activities; whether you are alone or with others; and the time of day or night you are working." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Dur, Robert & Robin Zoutenbier (2013): Intrinsic motivations of public sector employees. Evidence for Germany. (CESifo working paper 4276), München, 32 S.

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"We examine differences in altruism and laziness between public sector employees and private sector employees. Our theoretical model predicts that the likelihood of public sector employment increases with a worker's altruism, and increases or decreases with a worker's laziness depending on his altruism. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study, we find that public sector employees are significantly more altruistic and lazy than observationally equivalent private sector employees. A series of robustness checks show that these patterns are stronger among higher educated workers; that the sorting of altruistic people to the public sector takes place only within the caring industries; and that the difference in altruism is already present at the start of people's career, while the difference in laziness is only present for employees with sufficiently long work experience." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Hofmans, Joeri, Sara De Gieter & Roland Pepermans (2013): Individual differences in the relationship between satisfaction with job rewards and job satisfaction. In: Journal of vocational behavior, Jg. 82, H. 1, S. 1-9. DOI:10.1016/j.jvb.2012.06.007

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"Although previous research often showed a positive relationship between pay satisfaction and job satisfaction, we dispute the universality of this finding. Cluster-wise regression analyses on three samples consistently show that two types of individuals can be distinguished, each with a different job reward - job satisfaction relationship. For the first person type, job satisfaction relates to financial and psychological reward satisfaction, whereas for the second person type job satisfaction relates to psychological reward satisfaction only. In addition, between-person type differences were found for the work value financial security but not for recognition, which suggests that differences in work values may lie at the basis of between-person differences in the rewards - satisfaction relationship. Moreover, person types 1 and 2 differ in turnover intention and affective organizational commitment, which implies that differences in the rewards - satisfaction relationship relate to important organizational outcomes as well. Theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Krenn, Manfred (2013): Well-being and work. Dublin, 9 S.

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"Well-being, health and safety at work and work-related health problems have been attracting growing public attention in Austria in recent years. An indicator for this rise in interest is the implementation of the Austrian Occupational Health Monitor by the Upper Austrian Chamber of Labour. The survey tries to analyse the links between working conditions and the health status of employees on the basis of very rich data. Some of the most interesting results are presented in this report." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Linz, Susan & Anastasia Semykina (2013): Job satisfaction, expectations, and gender. Beyond the European Union. In: International journal of manpower, Jg. 34, H. 6, S. 584-615. DOI:10.1108/IJM-06-2013-0149

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"Do gender differences in expected rewards contribute to gender differences in job satisfaction?
Design/methodology/approach - This paper utilizes data collected from over 9,400 employees in five economically and culturally diverse former socialist economies, first, to determine whether there are gender differences in desired and expected rewards, and second, to assess whether the link between job satisfaction and expected reward varies by gender or reward desirability.
Findings - This paper finds that for women, job satisfaction is positively linked to both extrinsic and intrinsic rewards, but for men, job satisfaction tends to be positively linked to extrinsic rewards. When reward desirability is included, more often for women than for men, non-monetary rewards are positively linked to job satisfaction regardless of whether they are viewed as desirable. Among men, the link between job satisfaction and a particular reward tends to be stronger if the reward is desired, although for job security this result holds for women as well. While own earnings tend to be positively linked to job satisfaction, comparison earnings are not statistically significant among most groups of respondents. Finally, we find that the magnitude of the estimated partial effect of increasing the expectation of receiving a particular reward tends to be greater for men than for women.
Research limitations/implications - By focussing on gender difference results that are common across these five diverse countries, we are able to add information that will prove useful in developing a more global perspective of factors influencing job satisfaction and worker performance.
Originality/value - This paper identifies gender differences in desired and expected rewards, both intrinsic and extrinsic, enabling us to more systematically explore gender differences in the link between job satisfaction, expectations, and reward desirability. Because our data come from employees in over 600 workplaces, we are able to control for an extensive number of worker, job, and workplace characteristics, which allows us to investigate in more detail, not only our primary objective - gender differences in the link between job satisfaction and expected rewards - but also several related topics: the proposition that women generally have lower workplace expectations, the link between job satisfaction and comparison earnings, for example." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Smith, Conal & Carrie Exton (2013): OECD Guidelines on measuring subjective well-being. Paris, 265 S. DOI:10.1787/9789264191655-en

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"Being able to measure people's quality of life is fundamental when assessing the progress of societies. There is now widespread acknowledgement that measuring subjective well-being is an essential part of measuring quality of life alongside other social and economic dimensions. As a first step to improving the measures of quality of life, the OECD has produced Guidelines which provide advice on the collection and use of measures of subjective well-being. These Guidelines have been produced as part of the OECD Better Life Initiative, a pioneering project launched in 2011, with the objective to measure society's progress across eleven domains of well-being, ranging from jobs, health and housing, through to civic engagement and the environment.
These Guidelines represent the first attempt to provide international recommendations on collecting, publishing, and analysing subjective well-being data. They provide guidance on collecting information on people's evaluations and experiences of life, as well as on collecting 'eudaimonic' measures of psychological well-being. The Guidelines also outline why measures of subjective well-being are relevant for monitoring and policy making, and why national statistical agencies have a critical role to play in enhancing the usefulness of existing measures. They identify the best approaches for measuring, in a reliable and consistent way, the various dimensions of subjective well-being, and provide guidance for reporting on such measures. The Guidelines also include a number of prototype survey modules on subjective well-being that national and international agencies can use in their surveys." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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"The EU and its citizens faced enormous challenges in 2012 as the limited economic recovery of the previous year stalled, GDP fell and unemployment began to grow again. As this yearbook on Living and working in Europe 2012 describes, one of the starkest findings was the divergence between and within countries. Some Member States have suffered greatly while others have not. Higher-paid jobs have been much more resilient than low to mid-paid jobs and have grown. Groups that were already vulnerable have suffered more in the crisis and countries have diverged on quality of life measures." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Artz, Benjamin (2012): Does the impact of union experience on job satisfaction differ by gender? In: ILR review, Jg. 65, H. 2, S. 225-243. DOI:10.1177/001979391206500202

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"The author investigates gender differences in the impact of accumulated union experience on job satisfaction. Because there are fewer women than men in both public and private sector unions, and women are disproportionately underrepresented in union leadership, their collective bargaining power is not equivalent to that of men. As a result, women's preferences for job characteristics and benefits may be overlooked, contributing to reduced job satisfaction as their tenure in the union increases. Using the U.S. National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) panel data from 1979-2004, the author demonstrates that the accumulation of union experience negatively affects women's job satisfaction more severely than it does men's. This is particularly the case in private sector unions, in which women are more likely to be under-represented in both union membership and leadership positions." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Bellmann, Lutz & Jens Stephani (2012): Effects of double qualifications on various dimensions of job satisfaction. In: Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, Jg. 4, H. 2, S. 95-114., 2012-09-07.

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"Using a sample of graduates from a unique employee survey, this paper analyses the individual effects of double qualifications, i.e. of first taking up vocational training after obtaining the German upper secondary school-leaving certificate (Abitur) instead of going straight on to university. Our estimations take into account the potential endogeneity of having a double qualification. We find that the effects of double qualifications on wages and on eleven single dimensions of job satisfaction are either significantly positive or insignificant, but never significantly negative. Our results suggest that individual risk considerations are of minor importance in the context of double qualifications; however, such complex educational paths provide valuable labour market information for individuals." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Kirkpatrick Johnson, Monica & Maria A. Monserud (2012): Work value development from adolescence to adulthood. In: Advances in life course research, Jg. 17, H. 2, S. 45-58. DOI:10.1016/j.alcr.2012.02.002

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"This study examines three forms of development in work values, or the importance people attach to various rewards of working, including whether young people become more selective in their work values with age, whether work values become more stable with age, and whether work values become more predictive of later work outcomes with age. Drawing on multi-cohort panel data from ages 18 to 30 (the Monitoring the Future senior classes of 1976 - 1990), we find that the range of job features valued highly narrows with age; that interindividual differences in work values become more stable with age along seven dimensions of work values; and that with age, work values become stronger predictors of both the pay and intrinsic rewards of jobs. Despite significant social change altering the context of vocational development in adolescence and early adulthood, these developmental changes were highly similar across cohorts who were high school seniors between 1976 and 1990." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Lange, Thomas (2012): Job satisfaction and self-employment: autonomy or personality? In: Small business economics, Jg. 38, H. 2, S. 165-177. DOI:10.1007/s11187-009-9249-8

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"Most studies in the economics discourse argue that the impact of self-employment on job satisfaction is mediated by greater procedural freedom and autonomy. Values and personality traits are considered less likely to explain the utility difference between self-employed and salaried workers. Psychology scholars suggest that entrepreneurial satisfaction also depends, at least in part, on specific values and personality traits. Utilising a large dataset derived from the 2006 European Social Survey, this study performs a complementary analysis by taking personality traits, personal values and indicators for workers' autonomy explicitly into account. The empirical findings add further strength to economists' argument that, net of values and personality traits, autonomy and independence are the mechanisms by which self-employment leads to higher levels of job satisfaction. These results hold true for both male and female sub-samples even when a multitude of sociodemographic characteristics, personal values and personality traits are controlled for." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Luchman, Joseph N., Seth A. Kaplan & Reeshad S. Dalal (2012): Getting older and getting happier with work. An information-processing explanation. In: Social indicators research, Jg. 108, H. 3, S. 535-552. DOI:10.1007/s11205-011-9892-8

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"Job attitudes and subjective well-being (SWB) have important relationships with one another. Moreover, job attitudes and, to an extent, SWB are related to chronological age. Owing to a 'graying' workforce in industrialized countries, uncovering how age influences job attitudes is increasingly important. The present work explores the effects of cognitive-aging research on the item response process during attitude measurement. Research finds that older individuals attend selectively to positive affective experiences and weigh affective experiences more heavily during judgment than younger individuals. Based on cognitive-aging research, we propose an item-response process and hypothesize that chronological age results in a specific form of measurement non-equivalence. Our hypothesis is tested on 2 different samples of university employees, across 3 different job attitudes rooted in emotional experiences. Results indicate age-related measurement non-equivalence across all 3 attitudes such that older employees report more positive job attitudes than younger employees even when controlling for the latent attitude construct. Our findings suggest caution in interpreting of age-satisfaction correlations, focusing greater attention on understanding item response processes of older versus younger individuals and increased attention to job-related emotional experience for older employees." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Mauno, Saija, Ulla Kinnunen & Taru Feldt (2012): Work-family culture and job satisfaction. Does gender and parenting status alter the relationship? In: Community, work & family, Jg. 15, H. 1, S. 101-129. DOI:10.1080/13668803.2011.598733

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"Previous studies on work-family culture have examined its relationship with different employee outcomes (e.g., work-family conflict, job satisfaction, commitment) but neglected one important question; namely, who are most likely to benefit from a supportive work-family culture in terms of positive employee outcomes? The aim of this study was to shed new light on the work-family culture - job satisfaction linkage by examining the moderator effects of gender and parenting status in this relationship. Specifically, we asked whether gender and parenting status would alter the association between work-family culture and job satisfaction. We hypothesized - on the basis of traditional gender roles - that women, and especially mothers, would benefit most from a family supportive organizational culture. We utilized three divergent samples gathered from male (N=768) and female (N=1364) employees in Finland: (1) a female-dominated sample from social and health care; (2) a male-dominated sample from paper industry; and (3) more gender-mixed sample from the ICT company. Work-family culture was described through its positive (work-family support) and negative facets (work-family barriers), whereas job satisfaction was operationalized via a facet-based scale. Hierarchical moderated regression analyses performed separately for the three different organizations revealed that the results for mothers and fathers under the condition of high work-family support differed in the paper mill and the information and communication technology (ICT) company. Thus, in addition to gender, the type of organization also moderated the relationship. Specifically, in the paper mill, mothers benefited more from high work-family support than fathers, whereas in the ICT company the reverse situation held: fathers benefited more than mothers. Thus, high work-family support was associated with higher job satisfaction among mothers in the paper mill and among fathers in the ICT company." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Pasca, Romana & Shannon L. Wagner (2012): Occupational stress, mental health and satisfaction in the Canadian multicultural workplace. In: Social indicators research, Jg. 109, H. 3, S. 377-393. DOI:10.1007/s11205-011-9907-5

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"Workplaces are becoming increasingly multicultural and therefore, include a large variety of employees from more than one ethnicity, nationality, religious and/or cultural background. In the context of this new global economy, Canadian workplace structure and composition has also permanently changed. Consequently, the primary purpose of this project was to explore occupational stress, mental health and satisfaction (life, job, relationship) as experienced by immigrant individuals attempting to achieve integration into Canadian workplaces. In order to address this research aim, responses of Canadian born participants (N = 42) were compared to those of non-Canadian born participants (N = 42) with respect to a series of questionnaires addressing the variables of interest. Our results suggested that, with the exception of self-reported symptoms of somatization and paranoia, non-Canadian born workers in the fields of education, healthcare and/or social work report more similarities than differences when compared to the responses of Canadian born workers. In general, the findings of this study suggested positive outcomes for non-Canadian born professionals who immigrate into Canada under the economic category." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Sirgy, M. Joseph (2012): The psychology of quality of life. Hedonic well-being, life satisfaction, and eudaimonia. (Social indicators research series 50), Dordrecht: Springer London, 622 S.

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"The updated edition of this popular book covers up-to-date research on hedonic well-being (emotional well-being, positive/negative affect, affective dimension of happiness, etc.), life satisfaction (subjective well-being, perceived quality of life, subjective well-being, and cognitive dimension of happiness), and eudaimonia (psychological well-being, self-actualization, self-realization, growth, mental health, character strengths, etc.).
The book is divided in six major sections. Part 1 begins with a chapter that covers much of the history and philosophical foundations of the psychology of quality of life in terms of three major pillars: hedonic well-being, life satisfaction, and eudaimonia. This part also covers much of the research that has successfully made distinctions among these three major constructs and its varied dimensions. To establish to the importance of the topic (the psychology of quality of life), this part also covers much of the literature on the positive benefits of hedonic well-being, life satisfaction, and eudaimonia on the individual, the community, organizations, and society at large. Part 2 focuses on capturing much of research dealing with the effects of objective reality (objective factors grounded in real, environmental conditions) on hedonic well-being, life satisfaction, and eudaimonia. Specifically, this part captures the quality-of-life literature related to biological and health-related effects, income effects, other demographic effects, effects of personal activities, and socio-cultural effects. Part 3 shifts gears to focus on the effects of subjective reality on hedonic well-being, life satisfaction, and eudaimonia. In this context, the book reviews research on personality effects, effects of affect and cognition, effects of beliefs and values, effects of goals, self-concept effects, and social comparison effects. Part 4 focuses on quality-of-life research that is domain specific. That is, the book covers the research on the psychology of life domains in general and delves in some depth to describe research on work well-being, residential well-being, material well-being, social well-being, health well-being, leisure well-being, and the well-being of other life domains of lesser salience. Part 5 focuses on covering much of the psychology of quality-of-life literature dealing with specific populations such as the elderly, women, children and youth, and specific countries. Part 6 is essentially an epilogue. This part discusses a variety of theories proposed by quality-of-life scholars designed to integrate much of the literature on the psychology of quality of life. The last chapter covers the author's own integrative theory." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Sloan, Melissa M. (2012): Unfair treatment in the workplace and worker well-being. The role of coworker support in a service work environment. In: Work and occupations, Jg. 39, H. 1, S. 3-34. DOI:10.1177/0730888411406555

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"Recent attention has been given to the supportive relationships that may develop among coworkers, and researchers have produced evidence that coworker support can be beneficial for worker well-being. However, studies that have examined the role of social support at work in protecting workers from the detrimental effects of a poor work environment have reported mixed results. The effects of coworker support appear to depend on the type of stressor experienced. This research focuses on stress from exposure to mistreatment by others. This type of stress may be particularly harmful for interactive service workers as they must negotiate interactions with others of various statuses in the workplace. Drawing on data from a large survey of workers, the ability of perceived coworker support to help protect workers from the negative effects of mistreatment by supervisors, customers, and coworkers is examined. The results offer some support for the stress-buffering hypothesis. Although being treated unfairly by others in the workplace is associated with low levels of job satisfaction and high levels of psychological distress, workers who report supportive coworker relationships appear to be protected from some of the negative effects of mistreatment." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Stamov-Roßnagel, Christian & Torsten Biemann (2012): Ageing and work motivation. A task-level perspective. In: Journal of Managerial Psychology, Jg. 27, H. 5, S. 459-478. DOI:10.1108/02683941211235382

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"Purpose - The paper aims to establish the position that discrete work tasks, rather than entire jobs, are the most useful level of analysis of age differences in work motivation.
Design/methodology/approach - A total of 189 workers (aged 18-65 years) from production and office jobs in the building industry completed a survey on personal and job resources, overall and task-specific motivation, and job satisfaction.
Findings - Age was positively associated with motivation for generativity-related, but not growth-related tasks. Personal and job resources were positively and differentially related to task-specific motivation.
Research limitations/implications - Building on the notion of age-specific constellations of high and low-motivation tasks, the findings inspire research into age-related changes in work motivation. The authors studied only two task types; a more comprehensive task set will in future studies yield deeper insights into motivational regulation. Working with other industry sectors will enhance generalisability.
Practical implications - The results contribute to a theory-based, empirically grounded platform to assess age-related changes in work motivation, and to derive age-differentiated motivational interventions.
Social implications - Supporting older workers' motivation in light of the demand for longer individual work lives is becoming an important agenda for employers and policy makers. This research contributes to developing tools for such motivation support.
Originality/value - The paper enhances the conceptual clarity of work motivation research by distinguishing global and task-specific levels of motivation. The conceptualisation differentiates job design approaches by considering age-related changes at multiple levels instead of focusing on major age effects only." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Suppa, Nicolai (2012): Job characteristics and subjective well-being in Australia. A capability approach perspective. (Ruhr economic papers 388), Essen, 27 S. DOI:10.4419/86788443

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"Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht empirisch den Effekt von Job-Eigenschaften auf subjektives Wohlbefinden, wobei der Capability-Ansatz als konzeptioneller Rahmen dient. Zunächst wird ein Messmodell für vier latente Job-Eigenschaften mittels einer konfirmatorischen Faktoranalyse vorgestellt. In einem zweiten Schritt wird dann der Einfluss von Job-Eigenschaften auf die Lebens- und Jobzufriedenheit, mittels australischer Paneldaten, untersucht. Die Ergebnisse deuten darauf hin, dass (i) die vier latenten Job-Eigenschaften valide Konstrukte darstellen, (ii) positive Job-Eigenschaften die Lebens- und Jobzufriedenheit signifikant erhöhen, (iii) Job-Eigenschaften die mit Arbeitslosigkeit einhergehende Unzufriedenheit teilweise erklären können und (iv) dass das Kontrollieren unbeobachteter Heterogenität in derartigen Untersuchungen von zentraler Bedeutung ist." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Chambel, Maria José & Carlos-María Alcover (2011): The psychological contract of call-centre workers: Employment conditions, satisfaction and civic virtue behaviours. In: Economic and Industrial Democracy, Jg. 32, H. 1, S. 115-134. DOI:10.1177/0143831X10376421

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"The number of call centre businesses and workers has increased considerably over recent years and has become one of the sectors with the highest growth rate in Portugal. In this cross-sectional study, covering 363 call/contact centre (C/CC) workers in a Portuguese firm, we confirm that the relationship between employees and the organization, namely their psychological contract, is influenced by their employment conditions, that is, their status and work premises. We perform multiple regression analyses and results show that: (1) temporary employees perceive fewer relational and balanced and more transactional organizational obligations than permanent employees; (2) employees working at the client's premises perceive more balanced obligations of the organization; (3) the psychological contract has a relationship with the attitudes and behaviours of employees with a higher general relational orientation to their work, who are more satisfied and present more civic virtue behaviours. This study provides a discussion of the practical implications and future research." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Fietze, Simon (2011): Arbeitszufriedenheit und Persönlichkeit. "Wer schaffen will, muss fröhlich sein!". (SOEPpapers on multidisciplinary panel data research at DIW Berlin 388), Berlin, 46 S.

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"Die Arbeitszufriedenheitsforschung hat eine fast 100-jährige Geschichte und gehört - nicht nur in der Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie - zu den am intensivsten untersuchten Gebieten. Die vielfältigen Arbeiten lassen sich grob in situative, dispositionelle und hybride Ansätze klassifizieren, je nachdem ob Arbeitsbedingungen, Persönlichkeitseigenschaften oder deren Interaktion als Determinanten betont werden. Bisher liegen wenige Studien vor, die alle Bestimmungsgrößen in einem gemeinsamen Modell betrachten. Darüber hinaus verzichten viele Studien auf einen theoretischen Bezugsrahmen, sowohl bei der Berücksichtigung von Persönlichkeitvariablen als auch um den Einfluss verschiedener Faktoren auf Zufriedenheitsäußerungen zu erklären.
Der Beitrag untersucht auf Basis des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) den Einfluss von Persönlichkeitseigenschaften und Arbeitsbedingungen sowie der Interaktion aus beiden Variablengruppen auf die Arbeitszufriedenheit. Hierzu werden auf das Fünf-Faktoren Modell (FFM) der Persönlichkeit (P. T. Costa und R. R. McCrae 1985; L. R. Goldberg 1981) und das Modell der beruflichen Gratifikationskrise (J. Siegrist et al. 1986) als theoretischer und konzeptioneller Bezugsrahmen zurückgegriffen. Anhand von OLS-Regression wird gezeigt, dass sowohl die Persönlichkeitsdisposition als auch (subjektive) Arbeitsbedingungen von Relevanz für die Arbeitszufriedenheit sind. Keine der Moderatorvariablen aus Arbeitssituation und Persönlichkeitseigenschaften leistet im Gesamtmodell eine signifikanten Erhöhung der Varianzaufklärung. Die höchste Erklärungskraft haben die Arbeitsbedingungen (Effort-Reward Imbalance und Autonomie). Vier der fünf Persönlichkeitseigenschaften zeigen hochsignifikante Wirkungen. Diese Befunde sprechen sowohl für einen situativen als auch einen dispositionellen Ansatz. Individuelle Arbeitsbedingungen (insb. eine geringe Effort-Reward Imbalance und hohe Autonomie) und Persönlichkeit (insb. emotionale Stabilität) spielen eine entscheidende Rolle, um höhere Arbeitszufriedenheit zu erreichen." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Michenthaler, Georg (2011): Beschäftigte in der Forschung. Analyse der Arbeitsbedingungen und der Arbeitszufriedenheit auf Grundlage des österreichischen Arbeitsklima-Index. (Beiträge zur Wirtschaftspolitik 31), Wien, 50 S.

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"Der nicht zuletzt in der Lissabon-Strategie der EU vorgezeichnete Weg Europas von der industriellen Produktions- in die Wissensgesellschaft rückt die Herstellung und Vermittlung von Wissen ins Zentrum des Interesses. Besondere Aufmerksamkeit verdient in diesem Zusammenhang die Lebens- und Arbeitssituation der Beschäftigten in Forschung und Entwicklung, die zur Erreichung dieses Ziels maßgeblich beitragen. Um einen Blick in deren Arbeitsverhältnisse zu gewinnen, wurde nun das Institut für empirische Sozialforschung (IFES) wurde von der Arbeiterkammer Wien mit der Durchführung einer repräsentativen Befragung von Forschungsbeschäftigten in Österreich beauftragt. In dem Bericht werden die Hauptergebnisse der im letzten Quartal 2010 und im ersten Quartal 2011 durchgeführten - schriftlichen sowie telefonischen - Befragung dargestellt. Besondere Aktualität gewinnen die Befragungsergebnisse dadurch, dass eben in diesem Zeitraum die von der Bundesregierung geplanten Kürzungen der Förderungen von Forschungseinrichtungen publik wurden. Primäre Zielsetzung der Studie ist die Berechnung des Arbeitsklima Index für Beschäftigte in der Forschung sowie die vergleichende Darstellung einzelner Aspekte der Arbeitssituation dieser Berufsgruppe aus deren subjektiven Sicht. Ausgeklammert aus der Betrachtung wurden einerseits die universitäre Forschung, andererseits die den öffentlichen Einrichtungen zuzurechnenden Forschungsbereiche wie Forschungsaktivitäten seitens des Bundes, der Länder, der Gemeinden oder etwa auch von Museen u.ä. Grundgesamtheit der Untersuchung waren somit jene von der Statistik Austria in der 'Erhebung über Forschung und experimentelle Entwicklung 2007 - Unternehmenssektor' - in Vollzeitäquivalenten - ausgewiesenen rund 20.000 WissenschaftlerInnen und rund 14.000 Angehörigen des höher qualifizierten nichtwissenschaftlichen Personals im privatwirtschaftlichen bzw. kooperativen Bereich, die - als Haupttätigkeit oder temporär projektbezogen - im engeren Sinn mit Forschungsaufgaben wissenschaftlicher oder nichtwissenschaftlicher Art befasst sind, nicht jedoch Hilfs- oder administrative Kräfte. Es handelt sich dabei sowohl um Beschäftigte in spezifischen Forschungseinrichtungen, aber auch um solche in F&E-Abteilungen größerer Unternehmen der Produktions- und Dienstleistungssektoren. Vom Projektteam der Arbeiterkammer und der GPA-djp wurden eine Reihe von forschungsleitenden Fragestellungen und Thesen zur Berufsarbeit von Forschungsbeschäftigten eingebracht, die implizit oder explizit den Fokus der vorliegenden Analyse bilden - wie z.B.: - Charakter der ForscherInnenlaufbahnen, Karrierewege in der Forschung - insbesondere auch unter dem Gender-Aspekt - Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten, 'Freiheit der Forschung' - Arbeitsstrukturen - Teamarbeit vs. Einzelkämpfertum - Führungskompetenzen und Konfliktfähigkeit - Reputation bzw. Status von ForscherInnen in der Gesellschaft - Tätigkeitsumfang: von 'reiner' Forschung bis zu Akquisition, ForscherInnen als 'Mädchen für alles' - Familie-Beruf, Arbeitszeiten, Doppelbelastungen - Gesundheitsbedingungen, Sicherheit." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Muffels, Ruud & Bauke Kemperman (2011): Does a better job match makes women happier? Work orientations, work-care choices and subjective well-being in Germany. (SOEPpapers on multidisciplinary panel data research at DIW Berlin 361), Berlin, 36 S.

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"The study examines the effects of work orientations and work-leisure choices alongside the effect of genes or personality traits on subjective well-being (SWB). The former effects are assumed to be mediated by the match between women's preferred and actual number of working hours indicating labor market and time constraints. Data come from 24 waves of the German (SOEP) Household Panel (1984-2007). Random and fixed-effect panel regression models are estimated. Work orientations and work-leisure choices indeed matter for women's SWB but the effects are strongly mediated by the job match especially for younger birth cohorts and higher educated women. Therefore, apart from the impact of genes or personality traits preferences and choices as well as labor market and time constraints matter significantly for the well-being of women, providing partial support to the role (scarcity-expansion) theory and the combination pressure thesis while at the same time challenging set-point theory." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Parker, Louise, Duncan Watson & Robert Webb (2011): Family fortunes. Gender-based differences in the impact of employment and home characteristics on satisfaction levels. In: The Journal of Socio-Economics, Jg. 40, H. 3, S. 259-264. DOI:10.1016/j.socec.2011.01.009

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"The preponderance of subjective well-being analysis investigates the peripheral impact of objective measures such as income. By shifting the focus towards family satisfaction, this paper offers an alternative perspective. Through the incorporation of both employment and home characteristics, it provides an opportunity to integrate the analysis of work-life balance with the expansive wider literature of job satisfaction. Our estimates generate two key findings. First, as is frequently found in the employment literature, we confirm the existence of significant gender differences in family satisfaction. Second, the belief that home ownership is necessarily a significant source of well-being is rejected." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Rosenstiel, Lutz von (2011): Employee behavior in organizations. On the current state of research. In: Management Revue, Jg. 22, H. 4, S. 344-366. DOI:10.1688/1861-9908_mrev_2011_04_Rosenstiel

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"The article gives an overview about scientific research on individual behavior in organizations. A number of reasons are discussed why it is difficult to obtain a coherent body of knowledge about this topic, some of them meta-theoretical and methodological, others political, organizational and ideological, e.g. the existence of different schools of psychology, one-sided and interest-laden views, the dominance of survey methodology, measurement problems, the submission of researchers to dominant styles of publishing. The article further reports on main insights about the effects of stable and variable personal traits, and of situational conditions on employee behavior and about practical consequences. The conclusion is that there is a lot of well-founded knowledge, especially about the aptitudes of employees, but on the other hand one finds remarkable ignorance on behaviour which has no direct relation to performance and on the impacts of specific work and organizational conditions." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Sell, Lea & Bryan Cleal (2011): Job satisfaction, work environment, and rewards. Motivational theory revisited. In: Labour, Jg. 25, H. 1, S. 1-23. DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9914.2010.00496.x

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"A model of job satisfaction integrating economic and work environment variables was developed and used for testing interactions between rewards and work environment hazards. Data came from a representative panel of Danish employees. Results showed that psychosocial work environment factors, like information about decisions concerning the work place, social support, and influence, have significant impacts on the level of job satisfaction. Maximizing rewards did not compensate public employees to an extent that ameliorated the negative effects on job satisfaction of experiencing low levels of any of these factors whereas influence did not impact job satisfaction of private employees." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Volmer, Judith & Daniel Spurk (2011): Protean and bounderyless career attitudes: relationships with subjective and objective career success. In: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung, Jg. 43, H. 3, S. 207-218. DOI:10.1007/s12651-010-0037-3

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"Die proteische und entgrenzte Laufbahneinstellung haben seit einigen Jahren besondere Beachtung gefunden. Eine proteische Laufbahneinstellung beinhaltet, dass eine Person nach einer fortschreitenden Entwicklung und Selbstverwirklichung strebt; eine entgrenzte Laufbahneinstellung ist durch eine hohe physische und/oder psychische Mobilität gekennzeichnet. Dieser Beitrag verfolgt zwei Zielsetzungen: Erstens möchten wir den Zusammenhang zwischen proteischen und entgrenzten Laufbahneinstellungen mit subjektivem (d.?h. Karrierezufriedenheit und Erfolg im Vergleich mit Kollegen) sowie objektivem (d.?h. Beförderung und Gehalt) Berufserfolg untersuchen. Zweitens möchten wir Forschung zu proteischen und entgrenzten Laufbahneinstellungen mit Forschung zu Prädiktoren von Berufserfolg verknüpfen. Wir analysieren den Zusammenhang zwischen Laufbahneinstellung und Berufserfolg anhand einer Stichprobe von 116 Berufstätigen. Unsere Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Komponenten der proteischen Laufbahneinstellung eher mit subjektivem Erfolg und Komponenten der entgrenzten Laufbahneinstellung eher mit objektivem Erfolg zusammen hängen. Folgerungen bezüglich der Relevanz von Laufbahneinstellungen für den Berufserfolg werden abgeleitet." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Wittmer, Jenell L. S. & James E. Martin (2011): Effects of scheduling perceptions on attitudes and mobility in different part-time employee types. In: Journal of vocational behavior, Jg. 78, H. 1, S. 149-158. DOI:10.1016/j.jvb.2010.07.004

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"Recent research supports the existence of a typology of part-time employees with demographic and behavioral differences. This research suggests that part-timers should not be viewed as one homogenous group and that certain part-time employee groups have fixed external role attachments, while others have more flexible attachments. Applying the part-time typology and the classification of fixed versus flexible attachments from previous research, the current study examines differences in the relationships among scheduling perceptions, job attitudes, and employment mobility for part-timers. Consistent with Partial Inclusion Theory, we found that part-time workers classified as having more fixed outside role attachments have lower organizational commitment, job satisfaction, employment mobility, work status congruence, scheduling control, and scheduling satisfaction than those classified as having more flexible outside role attachments. Additionally, the flexibility of external role attachments moderates the relationship between scheduling variables and job attitudes and employment mobility. Implications for management and research are discussed." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Zagenczyk, Thomas J., Ray Gibney, W. Timothy Few & Kristin L. Scott (2011): Psychological contracts and organizational identification. The mediating effect of perceived organizational support. In: Journal of labor research, Jg. 32, H. 3, S. 254-281. DOI:10.1007/s12122-011-9111-z

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"Understanding the processes through which employees incorporate the organization's identity into their own identity is critical to building positive employer-employee relationships. We draw primarily on organizational support theory to advance the argument that psychological contract breach is negatively related to organizational identification and positively related to organizational disidentification because it makes employees believe that their organizations do not value their contributions or care about their well-being (reduces perceived organizational support). Results from two studies generally provide support for our hypotheses: in Study 1, perceived organizational support fully mediated the relationship between psychological contract breach and organizational identification. In Study 2, Time 2 perceived organizational support fully mediated the relationship between Time 1 relational psychological contract breach (e.g., promises related to training, development, job security) and organizational identification, but not the relationship between transactional psychological contract breach (e.g., promises related to pay and work hours) and organizational identification. Time 2 perceived organizational support partially mediated the relationship between relational psychological contract breach and organizational disidentification, but not the relationship between transactional psychological contract breach and organizational disidentification. We conclude that organizations should be concerned with this erosion of the positive employer-employee relationship (organizational identification) and fostering of a negative employer-employee relationship (disidentification)." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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"This second annual Yearbook on Living and working in Europe 2010 aims to convey the main findings of some of Eurofound's key currents of research - in particular, results and analysis from its three pan-European surveys on company practices, working conditions and quality of life. All the surveys now enable us to paint some pictures of trends over time, crucial for understanding how Europe is developing and the changing challenges it is encountering. Not least among these challenges is the creation of a truly multicultural European society, a task being undertaken daily by both majority and minority communities. As detailed in last year's publication, European governments and social partners are still dealing with the effects of the economic crisis; in many countries, short-time working schemes were extended or introduced as one response. Eurofound's Yearbook also outlines how such responses to the crisis may also provide an opportunity, highlighting ways of adapting such schemes to combine both greater flexibility and greater security. Such adaptation can only take place with the cooperation of the social partners: the Yearbook 2010 looks at how both trade unions and employer organisations are adapting to meet the challenges of changing times." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Akerlof, George A. & Rachel E. Kranton (2010): Identity economics. How our identities shape our work, wages, and well-being. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, 185 S.

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"Identity economics is a new way to understand people's decisions - at work, at school, and at home. With it, we can better appreciate why incentives like stock options work or don't; why some schools succeed and others don't; why some cities and towns don't invest in their futures - and much, much more. Identity Economics bridges a critical gap in the social sciences. It brings identity and norms to economics. People's notions of what is proper, and what is forbidden, and for whom, are fundamental to how hard they work, and how they learn, spend, and save. Thus people's identity - their conception of who they are, and of who they choose to be - may be the most important factor affecting their economic lives. And the limits placed by society on people's identity can also be crucial determinants of their economic well-being." (Text excerpt, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Augner, Christoph (2010): Arbeits- und Freizeitzufriedenheit. Zusammenhänge mit physischen und psychischen Befindlichkeitsparametern. In: Arbeitsmedizin, Sozialmedizin, Umweltmedizin, Jg. 45, H. 12, S. 665-668.

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"In der Pilot-Studie wurde die mögliche Wirkung der Arbeitszufriedenheit, der Ergebnisse der subjektiven Arbeitsanalyse, der gedanklichen Auseinandersetzung mit der Erwerbsarbeit in der Freizeit und der Freizeitzufriedenheit auf die Befindlichkeit (Depressivität, Häufigkeit körperlicher Symptome, Schlafqualität) untersucht.
143 berufstätige Personen wurden mittels Fragebogen zu den relevanten Variablen befragt. Die Arbeits- und Freizeitzufriedenheit war generell sehr hoch. Es zeigte sich, dass eine niedrige Arbeitszufriedenheit und häufige Gedanken über negative Arbeitsinhalte während der Freizeit mit signifikant schlechteren Befindlichkeitsparametern in Zusammenhang stehen. Dagegen zeigen Freizeitzufriedenheit und Gedanken über positive Arbeitsinhalte signifikant positive Zusammenhänge mit der Befindlichkeit.
Diese Pilot-Studie zeigt, dass dem 'Abschalten-können' in der Freizeit eine besondere Rolle zuzukommen scheint, besonders dann wenn negative Arbeitsinhalte im Vordergrund stehen. Weitere Forschungsaktivitäten und die Gesundheitsförderung sollten auch der richtigen Erholung während der Freizeit besonderes Augenmerk schenken." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Bryson, Alex & John Forth (2010): The evolution of the modern worker. Attitudes to work. (CEP discussion paper 1030), London, 31 S.

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"This paper examines how employees' experiences of, and attitudes towards, work have changed over the last quarter of a century. It assesses the extent to which any developments relate to the economic cycle and to trends in the composition of the British workforce. Many of the findings are broadly positive, particularly when compared with a picture of deterioration in the late 1980s and 1990s. The onset of a major recession in the late 2000s might have been expected to herald a fundamental shift in employees' attitudes to paid work and their working environment. The impression at the time of writing is, instead, of a more muted reaction than was seen in the early 1990s - in keeping with the more muted impact of the current recession on the labour market as a whole." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Gudat, Karin (2010): Zum Einfluss der Persönlichkeit auf die Ergebnisse von Mitarbeiterzufriedenheitsbefragungen am Beispiel des Finanzdienstleistungsbereichs. 285 S.

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"Aus dem Inhalt:
RELEVANTE WIRTSCHAFTlICHE TRENDS UND ENTWICKLUNGEN
2.1 Entwicklungen des Dienstleistungsbranche am Beispiel des Finanzdienstleistungsbereichs
3 ZUM EINSATZ VON MITARBEITERBEFRAGUNGEN
3.1 Der Prozess der Urteilsbildung und mögliche Fehlerquellen bei Mitarbeiterbefragungen
3.2 Mitarbeiterbefragungen Im Rahmen des Qualitätsmanagements
4 ARBEITSZUFRIEDENHEIT ALS EIN ASPEKT VON MITARBEITERBEFRAGUNGEN
4.1 Einfluss der Arbeitssituation auf die Arbeitszufriedenheit
4.2 Relevanz der Arbeitszufriedenheit im wirtschaftlichen Kontext
4.2.1 Arbeitszufriedenheit und Arbeitsleistung
4.2.2 Arbeitszufriedenheit und Fluktuation
4.2.3 Arbeitszufriedenheit und Mitarbeiterbindung
5 ZUR AUSWIRKUNG DER PERSÖNLICHKEIT AUF INFORMATIONSVERARBEITUNGS- UND URTEILSPROZESSE
5.1 Der dynamisch-lnteraktionistische Ansatz der Persönlichkeitspsychologie
5.2 Der eigenschaftstheoretische Ansatz der Persönlichkeitspsychologie
5.3 Erklärungsartsatze für die dem Zusammenhang zwischen Persönlichkeit und Arbeitszufriedenheit zugrundeliegenden Prinzipien
5.4 Zusammenfassende Überlegungen zum Einfluss der Persönlichkeit auf die Ergebnisse von Mitarbeiterbefragungen
6 EMPIRISCHER TEIL
6.1 Studie I: Relevanz der Persönlichkeitsskalen des BIMO für die Einstufung von Aspekten der Arbeitssituation
6.1.1 Vorstellung des Messinstruments
6.1.2 Stichprobenbeschreibung
6.1.3 Kennwerte des Testverfahrens
6.1.4 Bestimmung des Beobachterkonsens innerhalb der Abteilungen
6.1.5 Einfluss der Persönlichkeitsskala Positive Affektivität auf die Einstufung der Arbeitssituation
62 Studie II: Relevanz berufsbezogener Persönlichkeitsskalen für die Einstufung von Aspekten der Arbeitssituation
6.2.1 Vorstellung der Messinstrumente
6.2.2 Rekrutierung der Stichproben
6.2.3 Stichprobenbeschreibung
6.2.4 Kennwerte der eingesetzten Testverfahren
6.2.5 Existenz eines Common-Method-Bias
6.2.6 Einfluss der Gruppenzugehörigkeit und der demographischen Variablen
6.2.7 Einfluss der Persönlichkeit auf die Einstufung der Skalen des BIMO
6.2.8 Einfluss der Persönlichkeit auf die Faktorskalen
6.2.9 Pfadanalytische Ansätze zum Einfluss der Persönlichkeit auf die Einschätzung der Mitarbeiterzufriedenheit
6.2.10 Ermittlung von Mitarbeiterzufriedenheitstypen
7 RESÜMEE DER UNTERSUCHUNGSERGEBNISSE
7.1 Einfluss der Persönllchkeitskalen auf die Einstufung der Arbeitssituation
7.2 Einfluss demographischer Variablen
7.3 Implikationen für die Durchführung von Mitarbeiterbefragungen
7.4 Abschließende methodische Kritik und Anregungen für die weitere Forschung". (Textauszug, IAB-Doku)

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Guest, David E., Kerstin Isaksson & Hans De Witte (Hrsg.) (2010): Employment contracts, psychological contracts, and employee well-being. An international study. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 327 S.

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"Temporary employment has become a focus of policy debate, theory, and research. The book addresses as its core concern the relationship between temporary employment contracts and employee well-being. It does so within the analytic framework of the psychological contract, and advances theory and knowledge about the psychological contract by exploring it from a variety of perspectives. It also sets the psychological contract within the context of a range of other potential influences on work-related well-being including workload, job insecurity, employability, and organizational support. A key aim of the book is to identify the relative importance of these various potential influences on well-being.
The book covers seven countries; Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the UK, as well as Israel as a comparator outside Europe. Data were collected from over 5,000 workers in over 200 organizations; and from both permanent and temporary workers as well as from employers.
The book's conclusions are interesting and controversial. The central finding is that contrary to expectations, temporary workers report higher well-being than permanent workers. As expected, a range of factors help to explain variations in work-related well-being and the research highlights the important role of the psychological contract. However, even after taking into account alternative explanations, the significant influence of type of employment contract remains, with temporary workers reporting higher well-being. In addition to this core finding, by exploring several aspects of the psychological contract, and taking into account both employer and employee perspectives, the book sheds new light on the nature and role of the psychological contract. It also raises some challenging policy questions and while acknowledging the potentially precarious nature of temporary jobs, highlights the need to consider the increasingly demanding nature of permanent jobs and their effects on the well-being of employees." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Gunkel, Jennifer (2010): Formen der Arbeitszufriedenheit und Kreativität. 185 S.

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Die Dissertation befasst sich mit der Entwicklung eines Fragebogens zur Erfassung von Formen der Arbeitszufriedenheit. Untersucht wird ferner der Zusammenhang zwischen Formen der Arbeitszufriedenheit und Mitarbeiterkreativität. Im Fokus steht das Modell der Arbeitszufriedenheit nach Bruggemann mit den Formen resignative, stabilisierte und progressive Arbeitszufriedenheit. Mit dem entwickelten Fragebogen werden anhand von drei Stichproben Zusammenhänge der drei vorgenannten Arbeitszufriedenheitsformen mit kognitiven und mit affektiven Maßen der allgemeinen Arbeitszufriedenheit nachgewiesen. Außerdem werden Zusammenhänge mit dem Arbeitsengagement festgestellt. 'Insgesamt bietet die Arbeit neue Erkenntnisse in der bisher eingeschränkten und widersprüchlichen Befundlage zum Zusammenhang zwischen Arbeitszufriedenheit und Kreativität. Die Differenzierung des Konzeptes Arbeitszufriedenheit und deren neuartige Operationalisierung bieten Möglichkeiten, Arbeitszufriedenheit auch in zukünftigen Untersuchungen auf ökonomische Art und Weise zu erheben und als differenziertes Konzept zu betrachten.' (IAB)

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Poggi, Ambra (2010): Job satisfaction, working conditions and aspirations. In: Journal of economic psychology, Jg. 31, H. 6, S. 936-949. DOI:10.1016/j.joep.2010.08.003

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"People's evaluation of objective working conditions (job satisfaction) may be only partially explained by the objective working conditions faced by workers. Individuals are constantly drawing comparisons from their environment, from the past or from their expectations of the future. Workers look both upward and downward when making comparisons and aspirations about working conditions. They fix both lower aspiration bounds (that are, minimum acceptable working conditions) and upper aspiration bounds (representing the best working conditions they can obtain on the labour market). Reality lies between the upper and the lower bounds. Distance between aspiration bounds and reality might create biases in the evaluations of job satisfaction. In this paper, we propose a new approach towards studying the following issues: (i) we analyse the existence and the impact of aspiration biases on workers levels of job satisfaction; and, (i) we analyse whether workers adapt to conditions shedding light on the relationship existing between aspiration biases and working conditions actually experienced in the job place. These issues are empirically studied using the 2005 European Working Condition Survey (EWCS). We find that aspiration biases exist. On average, divergence between individual working conditions and the upper aspiration bounds has stronger effect in reducing job satisfaction than the distance between the lower aspiration bounds and reality in increasing job satisfaction. Finally, aspiration biases seem to be positively affected by good working conditions and negatively affected by bad working conditions." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Tepe, Markus (2010): The effect of reciprocal motives, personality traits and wage differences on public employees' job satisfaction. (Transtate working papers 131), Bremen, 29 S.

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"This study explores the determinants of public employees' job satisfaction. We are focusing on three concepts - reciprocal motives, personality traits and wage differences - to explain job satisfaction and production sector affiliation. Estimation results obtained from multivariate analyses on individual level data from the German Socio-economic Panel Study (GSOEP) can be summarized in three points: First, in contrast to reciprocal motives, personality traits have a unique and direct effect on public and private sector employees' job satisfaction. Second, even though we cannot proof that public employees at the high-end of the earnings distribution trade a loss in pecuniary benefits against an increase in non-pecuniary benefits, the empirical analysis strongly supports the notion that public employees' job satisfaction function varies across the earnings distribution. Finally, public employees' personal characteristics can be associated with lower levels of negative reciprocity, conscientiousness and neuroticism, pointing out to a potential self-selection and recruitment bias in the public sector." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Behr, Michael (2009): Der unglückliche Erfolgsfaktor - beschleunigt, aktiviert, aber nicht zukunftsfähig. In: WSI-Mitteilungen, Jg. 62, H. 10, S. 554-559. DOI:10.5771/0342-300X-2009-10-554

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"Das hohe Qualifikationsniveau von Industriebeschäftigten wie auch die Mobilisierung und Aktivierung von 'Facharbeitertugenden' gelten als zentrale Erfolgsfaktoren im Konsolidierungsprozess der ostdeutschen Wirtschaft. In diesem Beitrag wird die These vertreten, dass die Erfahrung defizitärer Führungskulturen und der Verlust der Wertschätzung bei Industriearbeitern ein 'unglückliches Bewusstsein' erzeugen, das mittelfristig auf eine Erosion der motivationalen Basis des Erfolg versprechenden Produktionstyps der flexiblen Qualitätsproduktion hinauslaufen könnte." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Fischer, Justina A.V. (2009): Happiness and age cycles - return to start...? On the functional relationship between subjective well-being and age. (OECD social, employment and migration working papers 99), Paris, 42 S. DOI:10.1787/220573570724

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"Previous happiness research has explicitly assumed that subjective well-being is U-shaped in age. This paper sheds new light on this issue testing several functional forms. Using micro data from the World Values Survey on 44 000 persons in 30 economically advanced OECD countries with long life expectancies, we reveal a hyperbolic functional form. We find that life satisfaction reaches another local maximum around the age of 83, with a level identical to that of a 26-year old. This hyperbolic well-beingage relation is robust to the inclusion of cohort effects. We test this relationship for each OECD country separately, and corroborate the functional form using a sample of non-OECD countries." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Frey, Michael (2009): Autonomie und Aneignung in der Arbeit. Eine soziologische Untersuchung zur Vermarktlichung und Subjektivierung von Arbeit. (Arbeit und Leben im Umbruch 18), München: Hampp, 279 S. DOI:10.1688/9783866185074

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"Vor dem Hintergrund der breiten arbeitssoziologischen Debatte zur Vermarktlichung und Subjektivierung von Arbeit fragt die Studie nach den Chancen für Autonomie und Aneignung in der Arbeit. Empirische Grundlage sind Materialien aus einer Untersuchung des Instituts für Sozialwissenschaften der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin bei der Deutschen Bahn AG. In einem ersten Schritt werden die Begriffe Autonomie und Aneignung theoretisch rekonstruiert und kritisch diskutiert. Dabei wird Autonomie in der Arbeit als Kontrolle der Beschäftigten über die wesentlichen betrieblichen Rahmenbedingungen ihrer Arbeit gefasst. Aneignung wird als Vermittlungskategorie verstanden: als subjektive Äußerung eines Anspruchs nach Kontrolle. Dem folgt, als Kern des Buchs, eine empirische Umsetzung der Frage nach den Chancen von Autonomie und Aneignung in der Arbeit über die Differenzierung unterschiedlicher Autonomie- und Aneignungsebenen in den erfassten betrieblichen Bereichen. Entlang dieser Ebenen werden strukturelle und subjektive Autonomiechancen, Formen arbeitsbezogener Anerkennung sowie unterschiedliche individuelle Erwerbsorientierungen untersucht. Zentrales Ergebnis ist, dass es trotz betrieblicher Strategien zur Vermarktlichung und Subjektivierung zur eigensinnigen Aneignung des erwarteten 'unternehmerischen' Handelns durch die Beschäftigten kommt. Basis dafür ist die Ausbildung einer 'erweiterten Subjektivität' durch die Beschäftigten, die sich nicht auf eine Anpassung an betriebliche Vorgaben reduzieren lässt, sondern 'widerständig' darüber hinaus weist. Wichtiger Bezugspunkt dabei ist der aus Sicht der Beschäftigten integrale Zusammenhang von Arbeit und Leben." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Grip, Andries de, Inge Sieben & Fred Stevens (2009): Are more competent workers more satisfied? In: Labour, Jg. 23, H. 4, S. 589-607. DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9914.2009.00463.x

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"In this paper, we analyse the relationship between workers' competencies and their job satisfaction in the context of dual (i.e. vocational versus communicative) skill demands. We analyse the effects of workers' competencies on their overall, intrinsic, and extrinsic job satisfaction. We focus on pharmacy assistants who need both pharmaceutical and communicative competencies in their work. Results from a linked employer - employee survey show that assistants with more communicative competencies are more satisfied with their job, whereas assistants with more pharmaceutical competencies are not more satisfied than the less competent assistants. In addition, workers who perform tasks below their level of competence are more dissatisfied with both their remuneration and career prospects and the content of their job as such, than were other workers. Our results indicate that the demand shift from vocational towards communication skills, which occurs in many professions, can affect the job satisfaction of the most competent workers." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Lai, Lida & Janne C. Kapstad (2009): Perceived competence mobilization. An explorative study of predictors and impacts on turnover intentions. In: The international journal of human resource management, Jg. 20, H. 9, S. 1985-1998. DOI:10.1080/09585190903142423

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"The present study explores predictors of perceived competence mobilization, as well as their direct and indirect impact on turnover intentions. Findings from a survey of 840 employees of a public civil service organization support the predictions that perceived competence mobilization is positively related to intrinsic motivation, peer support and supervisor support, career system satisfaction, and pay system satisfaction. Moreover, findings indicate that there is a curvilinear relationship between self-efficiacy and perceived competence mobilization, and that medium levels of self-efficiacy are associated with higher levels of perceived competence mobilization compared to very low or very high levels of self-efficiacy. Furthermore, findings indicate that turnover intention is best predicted by intrinsic motivation followed by career system satisfaction, followed intrinsic motivation, and that perceived competence mobilization partly mediate the effects of some predictors." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))