Arbeitszufriedenheit
Zufriedene Mitarbeiter*innen sind produktiver, seltener krank und verursachen geringere Sozialkosten. Arbeitszufriedenheit hat aber nicht nur Vorteile für Betriebe. Das Wohlbefinden am Arbeitsplatz ist auch ein wichtiger Indikator für die Qualität der Arbeit selbst. Doch was ist überhaupt Arbeitszufriedenheit? Wie wird sie gemessen? Welche Faktoren und Prozesse fördern, welche schränken sie ein?
Das Thema Arbeitszufriedenheit steht seit Jahrzehnten im Mittelpunkt kritischer wissenschaftlicher Auseinandersetzungen. Die Infoplattform gibt einen Überblick über aktuelle Arbeiten und ausgewählte ältere Publikationen zu theoretischen Ansätzen und empirischen Resultaten der Arbeitszufriedenheitsforschung.
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Flexible Arbeitswelten: Bericht an die Expertenkommission "Arbeits- und Lebensperspektiven in Deutschland" (2014)
Eichhorst, Werner; Tobsch, Verena;Zitatform
Eichhorst, Werner & Verena Tobsch (2014): Flexible Arbeitswelten. Bericht an die Expertenkommission "Arbeits- und Lebensperspektiven in Deutschland". Gütersloh, 42 S.
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"Der Zuwachs an Beschäftigung während der vergangenen zehn Jahre in Deutschland ist wesentlich der Zunahme an flexiblen Arbeitsverhältnissen zu verdanken. 2003 arbeitete nicht einmal jeder fünfte Erwerbsfähige (19 Prozent) in einem so genannten atypischen Beschäftigungsverhältnis - also in Teilzeit, befristet, als Leiharbeiter oder in einem Mini-Job. Inzwischen haben 24 Prozent aller Erwerbsfähigen einen solchen Job. Diese Entwicklung ging allerdings laut einer Studie des 'Instituts zur Zukunft der Arbeit IZA' im Auftrag der Bertelsmann Stiftung nicht zu Lasten der stabilen Arbeitsverhältnisse, im Gegenteil: Im selben Zeitraum stieg der Anteil der Erwerbsfähigen, die in eine klassische unbefristete Vollzeitstelle bekleiden, von 39 auf 41 Prozent." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Überblick über Arbeitsbedingungen in Österreich: Follow-up-Studie (2014)
Eichmann, Hubert; Saupe, Bernhard; Prammer, Elisabeth; Nocker, Matthias;Zitatform
Eichmann, Hubert & Bernhard Saupe (2014): Überblick über Arbeitsbedingungen in Österreich. Follow-up-Studie. (Sozialpolitische Studienreihe 15), Wien, 399 S.
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"Auf Basis einer breit angelegten Literaturanalyse u. a. mit Sekundäranalysen aus Repräsentativdatensätzen wird ein aktueller Überblick über Arbeits- und Beschäftigungsbedingungen in Österreich erarbeitet. Das abzudeckende Themenspektrum reicht von Beschäftigungsformen, Arbeitszeiten, Einkommen, Arbeitsorganisation, Gesundheit, Weiterbildung bis hin zu subjektiven Einschätzungen der Arbeitsqualität. Darüber hinaus erfolgt eine Einordnung Österreichs im europäischen Vergleich. Die Studie ist als Follow-up des 2010 publizierten Bandes 4 der Sozialpolitischen Studienreihe des BMASK angelegt. Im besonderen Fokus stehen die Entwicklung seit Ausbruch der Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise und damit einhergehende Veränderungen bei Arbeitsbedingungen." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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"Momentan ist es noch ganz okay..." Arbeitswelten und Berufsverläufe von jungen Erwerbstätigen mit mittleren Bildungsabschlüssen (2014)
Eichmann, Hubert; Saupe, Bernhard;Zitatform
Eichmann, Hubert & Bernhard Saupe (2014): "Momentan ist es noch ganz okay..." Arbeitswelten und Berufsverläufe von jungen Erwerbstätigen mit mittleren Bildungsabschlüssen. (FORBA-Forschungsbericht 2014,01), Wien, 104 S.
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"In dieser Studie untersuchen wir Erwerbsarbeitsformen und Berufsbiografien von jungen Erwachsenen unter 35 Jahren in Österreich, mit einem besonderen Fokus auf Personen mit mittleren Bildungsabschlüssen. Anlass für dieses Projektvorhaben war eine eigene Untersuchung zu Praktika bzw. zur 'Generation Praktikum' in Österreich (Eichmann/Saupe 2011). Während schlecht entlohnte Arbeitsverhältnisse bei Studierenden bzw. Graduierten medialer Dauerbrenner sind, ist der Wissensstand über Strukturen von (atypischen) Arbeitsverhältnissen bei der wesentlich größeren Gruppe junger Erwachsener unterhalb des Hochschulniveaus vergleichsweise bescheiden. Diese 'mittleren' Gruppen sind im Vergleich zu einerseits (angehenden) HochschulabsolventInnen und andererseits Jugendlichen ohne abgeschlossene Berufsausbildung oder sonstigen Problemgruppen wenig erforscht." (Textauszug, IAB-Doku)
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Lebenszufriedenheit in Deutschland: Entwicklung und Einflussfaktoren (2014)
Enste, Dominik; Ewers, Mara;Zitatform
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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Pro-social missions and worker motivation: an experimental study (2014)
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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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Supportive work-family environments: implications for work-family conflict and well-being (2014)
Fiksenbaum, Lisa Michelle;Zitatform
Fiksenbaum, Lisa Michelle (2014): Supportive work-family environments. Implications for work-family conflict and well-being. In: The international journal of human resource management, Jg. 25, H. 5, S. 653-672. DOI:10.1080/09585192.2013.796314
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"Work-family conflict (WFC) remains a growing type of stress and concern for many employees. Recognizing these difficulties, organizations are offering various formal programs (e.g. on-site childcare, flextime, compressed work week, telecommuting and so on.) to help their employees in balancing both work and family life. However, many employees are hesitant to use them due to 'stigmas' attached to them. A work environment that is supportive of such programs is likely a contributing factor in the success and effectiveness of these programs. This study tested a model that examines the availability of work-family programs and work-family culture (i.e. in terms of managerial support, organizational demands and career consequences) as predictors of WFC. The model also examined the effects of WFC on individual's well-being (i.e. life satisfaction and work engagement). Data were collected from 112 employees, and the overall fit of the model was good (i.e. the model was reasonably consistent with the data). Results demonstrated that the availability of work-family benefits promoted a supportive work-family culture, which was inversely related to WFC. WFC contributed negatively to both life satisfaction and work engagement. That is, employees who reported more WFC were less satisfied with their life and were less inclined to be engaged at work. Results of the study highlight the importance of inculcating an accommodating work environment, and will be discussed." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Arbeitsqualität aus der Sicht von jungen Beschäftigten: 5. Sonderauswertung zum DGB-Index Gute Arbeit (2014)
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Gerdes, Johann & Alexandra Wagner (2014): Arbeitsqualität aus der Sicht von jungen Beschäftigten. 5. Sonderauswertung zum DGB-Index Gute Arbeit. Berlin, 35 S.
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"Die Studie 'Arbeitsqualität aus der Sicht von jungen Beschäftigten' wertet die Daten des aktuellen DGB-Index Gute Arbeit aus und zeigt, wie Beschäftigte unter 35 Jahren ihre Arbeits- und Einkommensbedingungen beurteilen. So zeigt die Auswertung etwa, dass zwei von drei Beschäftigten unter 35 Jahren regelmäßig Überstunden machen - mehr als ein Drittel sogar über fünf Stunden jede Woche.
Fast ein Drittel (29 Prozent) der Beschäftigten dieser Altersgruppe arbeiten in atypischen Beschäftigungsverhältnissen. Zum Vergleich: Bei den über 35-Jährigen sind es nur 18 Prozent.
Weiteres Ergebnis: 57 Prozent der jungen Beschäftigten unter 35 Jahren geben an, oft oder sehr oft unter Zeitdruck arbeiten zu müssen." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku) -
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Outcomes of work-life balance on job satisfaction, life satisfaction and mental health: a study across seven cultures (2014)
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Haar, Jarrod M., Marcello Russo, Albert Suñe & Ariane Ollier-Malaterre (2014): Outcomes of work-life balance on job satisfaction, life satisfaction and mental health. A study across seven cultures. In: Journal of vocational behavior, Jg. 85, H. 3, S. 361-373. DOI:10.1016/j.jvb.2014.08.010
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"This study investigates the effects of work - life balance (WLB) on several individual outcomes across cultures. Using a sample of 1416 employees from seven distinct populations - Malaysian, Chinese, New Zealand Maori, New Zealand European, Spanish, French, and Italian - SEM analysis showed that WLB was positively related to job and life satisfaction and negatively related to anxiety and depression across the seven cultures. Individualism/collectivism and gender egalitarianism moderated these relationships. High levels of WLB were more positively associated with job and life satisfaction for individuals in individualistic cultures, compared with individuals in collectivistic cultures. High levels of WLB were more positively associated with job and life satisfaction and more negatively associated with anxiety for individuals in gender egalitarian cultures. Overall, we find strong support for WLB being beneficial for employees from various cultures and for culture as a moderator of these relationships." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Too rich to do the dirty work?: wealth effects on the demand for good jobs (2014)
Haywood, Luke;Zitatform
Haywood, Luke (2014): Too rich to do the dirty work? Wealth effects on the demand for good jobs. (DIW-Diskussionspapiere 1355), Berlin, 43 S.
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"Jobs offer different wages and different non-monetary working conditions. This paper investigates how the demand for non-monetary aspects evolves over changing wealth levels. Wages do not perfectly compensate individuals for differential utility of jobs in a labour market with informational frictions. Changes in wealth may then affect preferences for different jobs. Willingness to pay for non-monetary aspects of jobs (measured by job satisfaction for work 'in itself') is found to increase with wealth shocks. Duration models are estimated based on the reduced form of a search model. Wealth may play an important role in labour market choices." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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IGA-Barometer 4. Welle 2013: Die Arbeitssituation in Unternehmen: eine repräsentative Befragung der Erwerbsbevölkerung in Deutschland. Flexibilität, Life-Domain-Balance und Gesundheit. Auswirkungen von Erwerbslosigkeitserfahrungen (2014)
Hessenmöller, Anna-Maria; Schröer, Sarah; Schüpbach, Heinz; Pieper, Claudia ; Schiml, Nina; Pangert, Barbara; Otto, Kathleen ; Scheel, Tabea ; Mohr, Gisela;Zitatform
Hessenmöller, Anna-Maria, Barbara Pangert, Claudia Pieper, Nina Schiml, Sarah Schröer & Heinz Schüpbach (2014): IGA-Barometer 4. Welle 2013: Die Arbeitssituation in Unternehmen. Eine repräsentative Befragung der Erwerbsbevölkerung in Deutschland. Flexibilität, Life-Domain-Balance und Gesundheit. Auswirkungen von Erwerbslosigkeitserfahrungen. (IGA-Report 27), Essen, 114 S.
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"Die Initiative Gesundheit und Arbeit befragte zum vierten Mal seit 2004 etwa 2.000 Erwerbstätige in Deutschland zum Stellenwert der Arbeit. Die Ergebnisse dieser vierten Befragungswelle des iga.Barometers geben Aufschluss darüber, wie die deutsche Erwerbsbevölkerung den Einfluss der Arbeit auf die Gesundheit, die Bereitschaft, das Unternehmen zu wechseln, oder die eigene Arbeitsfähigkeit bis zur Rente einschätzt.
Die befragten Arbeitnehmerinnen und Arbeitnehmer beschrieben ihre Arbeitssituation im Wesentlichen als positiv. Zum Beispiel würde nur jeder fünfte Befragte den Beruf, die Branche oder den Arbeitgeber wechseln, wenn die Möglichkeit bestünde. Bei einer Reihe von Fragen zeigt sich jedoch auch Verbesserungsbedarf für die Unternehmen. Denn nur jeder Zweite sagt, dass er sich vorstellen kann, seine aktuelle Tätigkeit uneingeschränkt bis zur Rente auszuüben.
Ein aktuelles Schwerpunktthema sind die Veränderung von Flexibilitätsanforderungen und -angeboten für die Beschäftigten und deren Folgen für Gesundheit und Life-Domain-Balance. Die Mehrzahl der Befragten berichtet, dass sich die Arbeit positiv auf ihr Privatleben auswirkt. Ein Fünftel hingegen fühlt sich erschöpft, zum Beispiel weil Erholungszeiten fehlen. Als zentrale Ansatzpunkte erweisen sich im iga.Barometer ausreichend Zeitpuffer und eine Begrenzung der ständigen Erreichbarkeit.
Ein weiterer Schwerpunkt dieser Ausgabe sind die Erfahrungen der Beschäftigten mit Erwerbslosigkeit und die Auswirkungen auf weitere Arbeitsverhältnisse. So sind Menschen, die mindestens einmal erwerbslos waren, seltener in ihrem gelernten Beruf tätig und häufiger befristet beschäftigt." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku) -
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Antecedents of well-being: a study to examine the extent to which personality and emotional intelligence contribute to well-being (2014)
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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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DGB-Index Gute Arbeit: Der Report 2013: wie die Beschäftigten die Arbeitsbedingungen in Deutschland beurteilen. Mit dem Themenschwerpunkt: Unbezahlte Arbeit (2014)
Holler, Markus; Kulemann, Peter;Zitatform
Holler, Markus (2014): DGB-Index Gute Arbeit: Der Report 2013. Wie die Beschäftigten die Arbeitsbedingungen in Deutschland beurteilen. Mit dem Themenschwerpunkt: Unbezahlte Arbeit. (DGB-Index Gute Arbeit 08), Berlin, 23 S.
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"Der Arbeitsmarkt scheint sich zu entspannen - nicht jedoch die Arbeitsbedingungen. Bei den Belastungen am Arbeitsplatz zeigen sich seit Jahren Spitzenwerte. Mehr als 60 Prozent der Beschäftigten müssen immer mehr Arbeit in der gleichen Zeit schaffen. 56 Prozent arbeiten gehetzt und nur knapp die Hälfte glaubt daran, bis zum Rentenalter durchhalten zu können. Das sind die zentralen Ergebnisse des DGB-Index Gute Arbeit 2013." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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The part-time job satisfaction puzzle: different types of job discrepancies and the moderating effect of family importance (2014)
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Iseke, Anja (2014): The part-time job satisfaction puzzle. Different types of job discrepancies and the moderating effect of family importance. In: BJIR, Jg. 52, H. 3, S. 445-469. DOI:10.1111/bjir.12019
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"Although part-time employment often appears as a substandard form of employment, evidence that part-time employees are less satisfied than full-time employees is ambiguous. To shed more light on this puzzle, I test an extended discrepancy theory framework using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel. The results help explain previous inconsistent findings: Part-time employment increases the chances of being underemployed while it reduces the likelihood of working more hours than preferred, and the negative effects of both types of working time mismatches on job satisfaction are similar in size. Furthermore, the importance attributed to family roles mitigates the negative effect of part-time employment on job satisfaction." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Occupational stereotypes and gender-specific job satisfaction (2014)
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Janssen, Simon & Uschi Backes-Gellner (2014): Occupational stereotypes and gender-specific job satisfaction. (University of Zurich, Institute for Strategy and Business Economics. Working paper 107), Zürich, 30 S.
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"Using representative data containing information on job satisfaction and worker's gender-specific prejudices, we investigate the relationship between stereotyping and job satisfaction. We show that women in stereotypically male jobs are significantly less satisfied with their work climate and job contents than in stereotypically female jobs but more satisfied with their income in those same jobs. Our findings indicate that women trade-off their higher income satisfaction against the negative consequences of stereotyping. As long as we take into account that stereotypically male jobs are physically more demanding than stereotypically female jobs, men are generally more satisfied with stereotypically male jobs." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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The power of the pram: do young children determine female job satisfaction (2014)
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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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Sick of your job? Negative health effects from non-optimal employment (2014)
Kleibrink, Jan;Zitatform
Kleibrink, Jan (2014): Sick of your job? Negative health effects from non-optimal employment. (Ruhr economic papers 514), Essen, 24 S. DOI:10.4419/86788589
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"Dieser Beitrag untersucht empirisch den Effekt von Arbeitsplatzeigenschaften auf die individuelle Gesundheit. In einer breit angelegten ökonometrischen Studie wird auf Basis von Daten des Sozio-ökonomischen Panels gezeigt, dass niedrige Zufriedenheit mit dem Arbeitsplatz zu schlechterer Gesundheit führt. In einem weiteren Schritt werden die zugrunde liegenden Determinanten analysiert. Dabei kann gezeigt werden, dass Arbeitsplatzunsicherheit sowie ein Stundenpensum über dem individuellen Limit negative Gesundheitseffekte haben. Besonders betroffen ist die mentale Gesundheit. Allerdings gibt es auch signifikante Effekte auf die physische Gesundheit. Effekte auf gesundheitsschädigendes Verhalten, wie das Rauch- und Essverhalten, sind nicht zu finden." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Knowing that you matter, matters! The interplay of meaning, monetary incentives, and worker recognition (2014)
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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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A weighty issue revisited: the dynamic effect of body weight on earnings and satisfaction in Germany (2014)
Kropfhäußer, Frieder; Sunder, Marco;Zitatform
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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European women: the link between money, career, and financial satisfaction (2014)
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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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Arbeitsmarktergebnisse und berufliche Ziele der Generation Y im Vergleich zur Generation X (2014)
Metzler, Christoph; Zibrowius, Michael; Werner, Dirk;Zitatform
Metzler, Christoph, Dirk Werner & Michael Zibrowius (2014): Arbeitsmarktergebnisse und berufliche Ziele der Generation Y im Vergleich zur Generation X. In: IW-Trends, Jg. 41, H. 3, S. 1-17.
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"Junge Menschen der Jahrgänge 1980 bis 1995, in der medialen Berichterstattung häufig als Generation Y oder Millennials bezeichnet, steigen in den letzten Jahren zunehmend in das Berufsleben ein. Ihnen wird von manchem Beobachter unterstellt, dass sie andere berufliche Ziele verfolgen würden und andere Vorstellungen hätten als vergleichbare Altersgruppen in den Vorgängergenerationen. Unternehmen müssten daher ihre Arbeitsbedingungen anpassen, um auch für diese jungen Fachkräfte attraktiv zu bleiben. Ein intergenerationaler Vergleich dieser Generation Y mit den Angehörigen der Geburtsjahrgänge 1965 bis 1979 (Generation X) auf Basis des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels findet allerdings keine eindeutigen Anhaltspunkte für eine unterschiedliche Einschätzung oder Haltung, wenn sozio-demografische Faktoren, konjunkturelle Trends und Merkmale der beruflichen Tätigkeit berücksichtigt werden. Vielmehr erweist sich die Zunahme der Erwerbstätigkeit von jungen Frauen im Verbund mit einer Ausweitung der Teilzeitbeschäftigung als potenzieller Treiber für beobachtbare Unterschiede. Für die Personalarbeit von Unternehmen bedeutet das, dass sie eher die allgemeinen Trends adressieren als sich auf vermeintliche Besonderheiten einer neuen jungen Generation einstellen sollten." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Temporal and locational flexibility of work, working-time fit, and job satisfaction (2014)
Possenriede, Daniel; Plantenga, Janneke;Zitatform
Possenriede, Daniel & Janneke Plantenga (2014): Temporal and locational flexibility of work, working-time fit, and job satisfaction. (IZA discussion paper 8436), Bonn, 32 S.
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"In this paper we analyse the effects of arrangements that provide temporal and locational flexibility of work (TLF), namely flexi-time, tele-homework, and part-time work, on employees' satisfaction with the fit between working time and private life and their overall job satisfaction. TLF arrangements provide employees with more control over their working life and therefore are likely to improve on the match between paid work and private life. Based on Dutch household panel data, the results show that TLF arrangements, flexi-time in particular, are generally associated with sizeable increases in satisfaction with working-time fit and overall job satisfaction. Somewhat surprisingly, the effects hardly differ between male and female employees and between employees with and without children. Temporal and locational flexibility apparently appeals not only to employees with family responsibilities but more general to all employees." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Part-time work, women's work-life conflict, and job satisfaction: a cross-national comparison of Australia, the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom (2014)
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Roeters, Anne & Lyn Craig (2014): Part-time work, women's work-life conflict, and job satisfaction. A cross-national comparison of Australia, the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. In: International Journal of Comparative Sociology, Jg. 55, H. 3, S. 185-203. DOI:10.1177/0020715214543541
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"This study uses the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) 2013 'Family and Changing Gender Roles' module (N?=?1773) to examine cross-country differences in the relationship between women's part-time work and work - life conflict and job satisfaction. We hypothesize that part-time work will lead to less favorable outcomes in countries with employment policies that are less protective of part-time employees because the effects of occupational downgrading counteract the benefits of increased time availability. Our comparison focuses on the Netherlands and Australia while using Germany, the United Kingdom, and Sweden as benchmarks. Part-time employment is prevalent in all five countries, but has the most support and protection in the Dutch labor market. We find little evidence that country of residence conditions the effects of part-time work. Overall, the results suggest that part-time work reduces work-life conflict to a similar extent in all countries except Sweden. The effects on job satisfaction are negligible. We discuss the implications for social policies meant to stimulate female labor force participation." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Job emotions and job cognitions as determinants of job satisfaction: the moderating role of individual differences in need for affect (2014)
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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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Labour market policy and its effects on subjective well-being and reemployment stability in Europe (2014)
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Wulfgramm, Melike (2014): Labour market policy and its effects on subjective well-being and reemployment stability in Europe. Bremen, 143 S.; 1,86 MB.
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"This dissertation analyses the effects of labour market policy on subjective well-being and social inclusion of the unemployed as well as employment stability once the unemployment spell is finished. In the first research stage, the treatment effect of participation in the German work creation scheme One-Euro-Jobs on life satisfaction and perceptions of social inclusion are studied using microeconometric panel methods. It is shown that active labour market policy (ALMP) measures can moderate the social exclusion of long-term unemployed and can thus foster their subjective well-being. However, ALMP cannot fully substitute the psychosocial functions of regular employment. In the second research stage, multilevel as well duration analyses show how country differences in well-being of the unemployed and their reemployment stability can be traced back to national differences in labour market policy. Especially the generosity of unemployment benefits is strongly and positively associated with reemployment stability and subjective well-being of the unemployed in Europe." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Happiness in the arts: international evidence on artists' job satisfaction (2013)
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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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Life satisfaction and self-employment: a matching approach (2013)
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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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Inequality and happiness: when perceived social mobility and economic reality do not match (2013)
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Bjørnskov, Christian, Axel Dreher, Justina A.V. Fischer, Jan Schnellenbach & Kai Gehring (2013): Inequality and happiness. When perceived social mobility and economic reality do not match. In: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Jg. 91, H. July, S. 75-92. DOI:10.1016/j.jebo.2013.03.017
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"We argue that perceived fairness of the income generation process affects the association between income inequality and subjective well-being, and that there are systematic differences in this regard between countries that are characterized by a high or, respectively, low level of actual fairness. Using a simple model of individual labor market participation under uncertainty, we predict that high levels of perceived fairness cause higher levels of individual welfare, and lower support for income redistribution. Income inequality is predicted to have a more favorable impact on subjective well-being for individuals with high fairness perceptions. This relationship is predicted to be stronger in societies that are characterized by low actual fairness. Using data on subjective well-being and a broad set of fairness measures from a pseudo micro-panel from the WVS over the 1990 - 2008 period, we find strong support for the negative (positive) association between fairness perceptions and the demand for more equal incomes (subjective well-being). We also find strong empirical support for the predicted differences in individual tolerance for income inequality, and the predicted influence of actual fairness." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Unraveling the importance of the quantity and the quality of workers' motivation for well-being: a person-centered perspective (2013)
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Broeck, Anja van den, Willy Lens, Hans De Witte & Hermina Van Coillie (2013): Unraveling the importance of the quantity and the quality of workers' motivation for well-being. A person-centered perspective. In: Journal of vocational behavior, Jg. 82, H. 1, S. 69-78. DOI:10.1016/j.jvb.2012.11.005
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"The current study compares the quantitative and the qualitative viewpoints on work motivation by relying on Self-Determination Theory's differentiation between autonomous and controlled motivation. Specifically, we employed a person-centered approach to identify workers' naturally occurring motivational profiles and compared them in terms of positive and negative aspects of worker well-being. Across a representative population sample (Sample 1) as well as two divergent samples of different organizations (Samples 2 and 3), four profiles were found: (1) a HA-HC profile characterized by high autonomous and high controlled motivation, (2) a HA-LC profile characterized by high autonomous and low controlled motivation, (3) a LA-HC profile typified by low autonomous and high controlled motivation and (4) a LA-LC profile characterized by low autonomous and low controlled motivation. In general, workers in the former two profiles (both scoring high on autonomous motivation) reported most job satisfaction, work enthusiasm/engagement and the lowest levels of strain/burnout. The latter two profiles (both scoring low-on autonomous motivation) displayed the least optimal outcomes. Results seem to point at the importance of autonomous motivation." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Temporary contracts and young workers' job satisfaction in Italy (2013)
Bruno, Giovanni S. F.; Caroleo, Floro E.; Dessy, Orietta;Zitatform
Bruno, Giovanni S. F., Floro E. Caroleo & Orietta Dessy (2013): Temporary contracts and young workers' job satisfaction in Italy. (IZA discussion paper 7716), Bonn, 31 S.
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"The Italian process of flexibilization of the labour market has created a dual market populated by protected permanent employees and unprotected temporary workers. The latter comprises not only temporary employment relationships but also autonomous collaborations used by firms as low-cost de facto temporary employment relationships. Little is known about the quality of these temporary jobs, particularly widespread among young workers. We estimate a regression model of perceived overall job satisfaction of young workers, based on the ISFOL-PLUS 2006-2008-2010 panel. We control for the various temporary contracts and for perceived satisfactions in nine aspects of the job. We find that lack of job stability is the most serious cause of lower satisfaction for both temporary employees and autonomous collaborators. But while temporary employees compensate concerns of job stability with other job aspects, attaining satisfaction levels comparable to those of permanent employees, autonomous collaborators do not and are thus significantly the least satisfied." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Are you happy while you work? (2013)
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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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Non-standard 'contingent' employment and job satisfaction: a panel data analysis (2013)
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Buddelmeyer, Hielke, Duncan McVicar & Mark Wooden (2013): Non-standard 'contingent' employment and job satisfaction. A panel data analysis. (IZA discussion paper 7590), Bonn, 40 S.
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"It is widely assumed that contingent forms of employment, such as fixed-term contracts, labour-hire and casual employment, are associated with low quality jobs. This hypothesis is tested using data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey, a nationally representative household panel survey covering a country with a high incidence of non-standard employment. Ordered logit regression models of job satisfaction are estimated that hold constant all time-invariant individual differences as well as a range of observed time-varying characteristics. The results indicate that, among males, both casual employees and labour-hire workers (but not fixed-term contract workers) report noticeably lower levels of job satisfaction. Restricting the sample to persons aged 20-59 increases the estimated magnitudes of these effects. Negative effects for women are mainly restricted to labour-hire workers. We also show that the relationships between job satisfaction and contract type vary with educational attainment and the length of job tenure. Working hours arrangements also mediate the relationship." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Workplace well-being, gender and age: examining the 'Double Jeopardy' effect (2013)
Carvalho Wilks, Daniela; Neto, Felix;Zitatform
Carvalho Wilks, Daniela & Felix Neto (2013): Workplace well-being, gender and age: examining the 'Double Jeopardy' effect. In: Social indicators research, Jg. 114, H. 3, S. 875-890. DOI:10.1007/s11205-012-0177-7
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"This study examines the effects of age and gender on work-related subjective well-being, looking at job-related affective well-being and job satisfaction. Specifically, it investigates whether older women, who may be doubly disadvantaged in being old and being women, are victims of a ''double jeopardy'' effect. Self-reported survey-data were obtained from 446 adults employed full-time. The results of this study suggest that age seems to matter more than gender in the workplace, and that aging is associated with lower job-related well-being and higher job satisfaction. Although older women reported slightly lower job-related affective well-being than men, the decrease of subjective well-being with age impacts on both genders." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Flexibilisation without hesitation?: temporary contracts and workers' satisfaction (2013)
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Chadi, Adrian & Clemens Hetschko (2013): Flexibilisation without hesitation? Temporary contracts and workers' satisfaction. (IAAEU discussion paper series in economics 2013,04), Trier, 39 S.
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"Fixed-term contracts are often considered a key policy tool for increasing employment. As we show that contract limitation lowers job satisfaction using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel study, we detect a drawback of promoting temporary employment that has not been identified so far. We find that the 'honeymoon-hangover' effect of a new job must be taken into account to reveal this result. We examine reasons why employees suffer from temporary contracts and analyse the 'Flexicurity' idea of compensating workers with security. Our findings contribute to research on workers' well-being as well as to the debate on labour market flexibilisation." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Arbeitszufriedenheit von Personen mit Migrationshintergrund: eine Analyse auf Basis des Soziooekonomischen Panels (SOEP) (2013)
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Derfler, Peter & Almina Bešić (2013): Arbeitszufriedenheit von Personen mit Migrationshintergrund. Eine Analyse auf Basis des Soziooekonomischen Panels (SOEP). In: Arbeit. Zeitschrift für Arbeitsforschung, Arbeitsgestaltung und Arbeitspolitik, Jg. 22, H. 2, S. 134-149. DOI:10.1515/arbeit-2013-0206
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"In diesem Beitrag untersuchen wir Unterschiede zwischen der Arbeitszufriedenheit von Migrant/innen und Nicht-Migrant/innen. Diese werden theoretisch durch Unterschiede bei Arbeitsplatzmerkmalen und humankapitaltheoretische Ansätze abgeleitet und anhand von Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) empirisch untersucht. In Anbetracht der unterschiedlichen Arbeitsplatzmerkmale von Migrant/innen im Vergleich zu Nicht-Migrant/innen wird eine geringere Arbeitszufriedenheit von Migrant/innen angenommen. Wir untersuchen die Auswirkungen von unterschiedlichen Faktoren auf die Arbeitszufriedenheit dieser Personengruppen. Dabei stellen wir fest, dass geringfügige Unterschiede bei der Arbeitszufriedenheit von Migrant/innen und Nicht-Migrant/innen bestehen, jedoch keine der von uns gewählten Einflussfaktoren diese Unterschiede ausreichend erklären können." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Intrinsic motivations of public sector employees: evidence for Germany (2013)
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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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Work organisation and employee involvement in Europe: a report based on the fifth European Working Conditions Survey (2013)
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Gallie, Duncan & Ying Zhou (2013): Work organisation and employee involvement in Europe. A report based on the fifth European Working Conditions Survey. Dublin, 76 S. DOI:10.2806/35945
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"This report explores the opportunities open to employees in workplaces across Europe to participate in decision-making, either in the context of their job or in relation to wider organisational issues affecting their work. Employee involvement is a key component of work organisation, relating to other dimensions such as physical working conditions and work intensity. Two dimensions of employee involvement are covered: task discretion - or the influence that employees can exercise over their immediate work tasks - and organisational participation - or the influence that employees have over work organisation. While in the EU27 as a whole there are limited opportunities for employees to participate in decision-making, the findings point to the clear benefits for employees in working in organisations that give greater scope for their involvement. Crucially, employee involvement has been shown to have a positive effect on employee motivation and psychological wellbeing, critical elements in fostering enhanced work performance and company productivity." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Works councils, wages and job satisfaction (2013)
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Grund, Christian & Andreas Schmitt (2013): Works councils, wages and job satisfaction. In: Applied Economics, Jg. 45, H. 3, S. 299-310. DOI:10.1080/00036846.2011.597735
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"We investigate the effects of works councils on employees' wages and job satisfaction in general and for subgroups with respect to sex and occupational status. Making use of a German representative sample of employees, we find that employees, who move to a firm with a works council, report increases in job satisfaction, but do not receive particular wage increases. Especially the job satisfaction of female employees is affected by a change in works council status. However, we do not find support for the hypothesis that the introduction of a works council itself increases wages or job satisfaction for the employees staying at the firm." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Qualität der Arbeit: zum Einfluss der Arbeitsplatzmerkmale auf die Arbeitszufriedenheit im europäischen Vergleich (2013)
Hammermann, Andrea; Stettes, Oliver;Zitatform
Hammermann, Andrea & Oliver Stettes (2013): Qualität der Arbeit. Zum Einfluss der Arbeitsplatzmerkmale auf die Arbeitszufriedenheit im europäischen Vergleich. In: IW-Trends, Jg. 40, H. 2, S. 93-109. DOI:10.2373/1864-810X.13-02-05
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"Beschäftigtenbefragungen zeigen unisono: Der Anteil der Beschäftigten, die mit ihrer Arbeit zufrieden sind, liegt in Deutschland seit Jahren mit Zustimmungswerten von rund 90 Prozent auf einem konstant hohen Niveau, auch im internationalen Vergleich. Die Analyse des European Working Conditions Survey offenbart erhebliche Unterschiede zwischen den Ländern, welche Arbeitsplatzmerkmale für die Arbeitszufriedenheit relevant sind. Zeitdruck und Stress wirken sich hierzulande kaum auf das Ausmaß der Arbeitszufriedenheit aus. 85 Prozent der Beschäftigten, die in hohem Tempo arbeiten müssen und zugleich Stress empfinden, sind gleichwohl mit ihrer Arbeit zufrieden. Dagegen gehen eine schwache Unterstützung und eine fehlende Konfliktfähigkeit seitens der Führungskraft mit signifikant geringeren Zufriedenheitswerten einher. Doch sind hier weiterhin noch rund sieben von zehn Arbeitnehmern mit ihrer Arbeit zufrieden. Auch der Lohn und die Karrierechancen spielen eine Rolle. Allerdings fällt der Einfluss auf den Anteil der Arbeitszufriedenheit ebenfalls überraschend schwach aus. Von den Beschäftigten, die mit ihrer Vergütung unzufrieden sind, sind 82 Prozent mit ihrer Arbeit zufrieden. Nimmt man daher die Arbeitszufriedenheit als Gradmesser für die Qualität der Arbeit, wie sie die Beschäftigten selber wahrnehmen, stehen die Befragungsergebnisse im markanten Kontrast zum stellenweise in der Öffentlichkeit verbreiteten Bild einer strukturellen Verschlechterung der Arbeitsbedingungen." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Arbeitszufriedenheit und Flexibilität: europäischer Vergleich und Adaptions- und Antizipationseffekte (2013)
Hanglberger, Dominik;Zitatform
Hanglberger, Dominik (2013): Arbeitszufriedenheit und Flexibilität. Europäischer Vergleich und Adaptions- und Antizipationseffekte. (Schriften des Forschungsinstituts Freie Berufe 21), Baden-Baden: Nomos, 311 S.
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"Die Fähigkeit flexibel auf veränderte Marktbedingungen reagieren zu können hat durch die Globalisierung an Bedeutung gewonnen. Infolgedessen ist eine zunehmende Verbreitung flexibler Arbeitszeiten und Beschäftigungsverhältnisse zu konstatieren. Vor dem Hintergrund dieser Entwicklung wird in der Studie der Frage nachgegangen, welche Rolle Flexibilität für die Qualität der Arbeit aus Sicht von Arbeitnehmern und Selbstständigen spielt. Dazu werden in einem ersten Schwerpunkt regionale Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede hinsichtlich des Einflusses arbeitgeber- und arbeitnehmerorientierter Flexibilität auf die Arbeitszufriedenheit analysiert. In einem zweiten Schwerpunkt wird der zeitliche Verlauf des Effekts auf die Arbeitszufriedenheit (kurz- und langfristige Wirkung) untersucht. Mit Gleitzeitregelungen und Wechselschichtarbeit sowie mit (un)befristeter Beschäftigung und Selbständigkeit werden je zwei zentrale Formen flexibler Arbeitszeiten und Beschäftigungsverhältnisse betrachtet. Die Ergebnisse verdeutlichen auch allgemein die Bedeutung der Berücksichtigung von Antizipations- und Adaptionseffekten bei der Analyse subjektiver Wohlfahrtsmaße wie der Arbeitszufriedenheit." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Individual differences in the relationship between satisfaction with job rewards and job satisfaction (2013)
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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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Don't worry, be flexible? Job satisfaction among flexible workers (2013)
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Jahn, Elke (2013): Don't worry, be flexible? Job satisfaction among flexible workers. (LASER discussion papers 71), Erlangen, 33 S.
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"This paper investigates whether workers in flexible employment relationships show lower job satisfaction than workers with permanent job contracts. Our results show that looking only at the formal job security provided by the contract may lead to misleading conclusions about job satisfaction. We find, using longitudinal data for Germany, that it is not the formal job security provided by the contractual agreement but rather the perceived job security that matters for job satisfaction. Moreover, our results indicate that workers value job characteristics in similar ways across fundamentally different types of job contracts." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Well-being and work (2013)
Krenn, Manfred;Zitatform
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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Collective bargaining and faculty job satisfaction (2013)
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Krieg, John M., Charles S. Wassell, David W. Hedrick & Steven E. Henson (2013): Collective bargaining and faculty job satisfaction. In: Industrial relations, Jg. 52, H. 3, S. 619-644. DOI:10.1111/irel.12027
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"Estimates of the impact of union membership on job satisfaction suffer from nonrandom self-selection of employees into unions. In this paper, we circumvent this problem by examining the impact on satisfaction of collective bargaining representation, rather than of union membership. We use a two-stage technique that controls for nonrandom selection of faculty into institutions, and apply that to a panel of faculty at repeatedly observed four-year universities. We find that bargaining agreements increase satisfaction with compensation but reduce satisfaction with faculty workload. Bargaining has no statistically measurable impact on overall job satisfaction or on faculty's satisfaction with their authority to make decisions regarding their instructional duties." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Scarred from the past or afraid of the future?: unemployment and job satisfaction across European labour markets (2013)
Lange, Thomas;Zitatform
Lange, Thomas (2013): Scarred from the past or afraid of the future? Unemployment and job satisfaction across European labour markets. In: The international journal of human resource management, Jg. 24, H. 6, S. 1096-1112. DOI:10.1080/09585192.2012.706819
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"Previous research has shown that both past unemployment and anticipated future unemployment have a detrimental impact on employees' attitudes and behaviours, which may affect organisational performance. Surprisingly, however, very little is known about the relative impact of past unemployment compared with current job insecurity. Although it is possible that both effects operate simultaneously, this paper - focused on employees' job satisfaction and utilising a set of cross-sectional data derived from the European Social Survey 2006-2007 - reports on a strongly pronounced insecurity effect: anticipated unemployment substantially reduces employees' job satisfaction. Interestingly, inclusion of the perceived risk of future unemployment as a separate predictor variable in ordered probit regressions relegates the experience of past unemployment to a statistically insignificant coefficient and thus weakens the 'scarring' hypothesis. These results hold true even when several socio-demographic characteristics and proxies for individual personality traits are controlled. Implications for organisations and human resource practitioners and scope for future research endeavours conclude the analysis of the paper." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Job satisfaction, expectations, and gender: beyond the European Union (2013)
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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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What makes workers happy? (2013)
Meer, Peter H. van der; Wielers, Rudi;Zitatform
Meer, Peter H. van der & Rudi Wielers (2013): What makes workers happy? In: Applied Economics, Jg. 45, H. 3, S. 357-368. DOI:10.1080/00036846.2011.602011
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"This article answers the question what makes workers happy? It does so by combining insights from micro-economics, sociology and psychology. Basis is the standard utility function of a worker that includes income and hours of work and is elaborated with job characteristics. In this way it is possible to answer whether part-time workers are happier than full-time workers. The utility function is estimated on basis of the European Social Survey 2004 which contains all necessary information. The results show that workers optimize income and hours of work as predicted by micro-economics, but also that part-time workers are happier than full-time workers. Challenging work with a high level of autonomy makes the workers happy, work pressure makes workers unhappy. Higher educated workers are unhappier than lower educated workers, we find a negative effect of education, but this is compensated by the type of jobs these higher educated hold." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Determinants of job satisfaction: a European comparison of self-employed and paid employees (2013)
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Millán, José María, Jolanda Hessels, Roy Thurik & Rafael Aguado (2013): Determinants of job satisfaction. A European comparison of self-employed and paid employees. In: Small business economics, Jg. 40, H. 3, S. 651-670. DOI:10.1007/s11187-011-9380-1
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"The job satisfaction of self-employed and paid-employed workers is analyzed using the European Community Household Panel for the EU-15 covering the years 1994 - 2001. We distinguish between two types of job satisfaction: job satisfaction in terms of type of work and job satisfaction in terms of job security. Findings from our generalized ordered logit regressions indicate that self-employed individuals as compared to paid employees are more likely to be satisfied with their present jobs in terms of type of work and less likely to be satisfied in terms of job security. The findings also provide many insights into the determinants of the two types of job satisfaction for both self-employed and paid-employed workers." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Within-establishment wage inequality and satisfaction (2013)
Poggi, Ambra;Zitatform
Poggi, Ambra (2013): Within-establishment wage inequality and satisfaction. (Economics. Discussion papers 2013-28), Kiel, 17 S.
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"The aim of this paper is to provide fresh empirical evidence of the mechanisms through which wage inequality affects worker satisfaction. Theoretically, wages of others may affect workers' utility for two main reasons: Workers may derive well-being from their social status (comparison hypothesis) and/or they may use others wages to help predict their own future wage (information hypothesis). Both hypotheses are tested. To achieve her aims, the author models individual utility from pay as a function of a worker's own wage and the earnings of all other workers within the same establishment, and she estimates the model using British employer-employee data. Incomplete information about others wages is assumed. The author finds that the comparison effects matter. Of most interest, she provides some first evidence about a positive relation between well-being and inequality. Her results are robust within the different specifications and different definitions of the reference group." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Die Beschäftigungssituation in Dritte-Sektor-Organisationen: das Sozialwesen im Vergleich (2013)
Priller, Eckhard; Schmeißer, Claudia;Zitatform
Priller, Eckhard & Claudia Schmeißer (2013): Die Beschäftigungssituation in Dritte-Sektor-Organisationen. Das Sozialwesen im Vergleich. In: Sozialer Fortschritt, Jg. 62, H. 8/9, S. 227-234. DOI:10.3790/sfo.62.8-9.227
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"Der Dritte Sektor hat mit seinen über 2,6 Mio. Beschäftigten eine große beschäftigungspolitische Bedeutung für den deutschen Arbeitsmarkt. In den letzten Jahren spüren Dritte-Sektor-Organisationen einen verstärkten Wettbewerbs-, Ökonomisierungs- und Rationalisierungsdruck. Umso wichtiger erscheint die Frage nach dessen Auswirkungen auf die Arbeits- und Beschäftigungsverhältnisse. Der Beitrag untersucht die Arbeitsbedingungen und die Arbeitszufriedenheit von Beschäftigten im Dritten Sektor, insbesondere im Sozialwesen. Die Ergebnisse zeigen: Atypische Beschäftigungsverhältnisse sind vor allem bei Frauen und unter 30-Jährigen weit verbreitet. Die subjektive Einschätzung der Arbeitsbedingungen fällt trotz flexibler Beschäftigungsverhältnisse aufgrund intrinsischer Faktoren positiv aus. Insgesamt ist die Mehrheit der MitarbeiterInnen mit ihrer allgemeinen Beschäftigungssituation zufrieden." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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How German employees of different ages conserve resources: perceived age discrimination and affective organizational commitment (2013)
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Rabl, Tanja & María del Carmen Triana (2013): How German employees of different ages conserve resources. Perceived age discrimination and affective organizational commitment. In: The International Journal of Human Resource Management, Jg. 24, H. 19, S. 3599-3612. DOI:10.1080/09585192.2013.777936
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"The literature claims that perceived age discrimination functions as a stressor. Using conservation of resources theory, this paper examines the moderating effect of employees' age on the relationship between employees' perceived age discrimination and affective organizational commitment. We collected survey data from 1255 German employees. Results show a negative relationship between perceived age discrimination and affective organizational commitment. This relationship was stronger for older employees than for younger employees. Older employees appear to be more vulnerable to the stressor of perceived age discrimination and more motivated to conserve resources by reducing their affective organizational commitment than their younger colleagues. These findings have important implications for organizations' retention management in times of demographic change" (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))