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Good Deal, Bad Deal? Job Satisfaction in Occupations

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ID2372916
AuthorsMichael Rose (0000-0002-5400-2461, University of Bath)
Year2003
Volume17
Issue3
Pages503-530
Publication date2003-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWork Employment and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0950-0170 • E-ISSN: 1469-8722
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/09500170030173006
OpenAlexW2141235211
LanguageEN
Citations received60
References cited32

Sharply varying levels of job satisfaction in occupations in the UK are documented and explained primarily by reference to individual level data for a large sample of current employees collected in 1999-2000. An accompanying critique of the approach to job satisfaction in some applied and organizational psychology makes two points. First, the terms job and work need to be more carefully distinguished when examining satisfaction data, giving more attention to the terms of the employment contract, skill data, and the mobility implications of jobs, and relatively less weight to employee involvement, empowerment and self-actualization. Second, job satisfaction data supply evidence of the competent rational evaluation of utility on the part of employees, though individual affectivity undoubtedly conditions such assessments. The findings support a re-balancing in explanation between extrinsic and intrinsic sources of job satisfaction, while showing that work-related stress and excessive hours may in practice comprise a more urgent practical problem for management than socio-technical aspects of work-life quality

Economics · Empowerment · Job attitude · Job design · Job enrichment · Job performance · Job satisfaction · Personnel psychology · Quality (philosophy · Sample (material · Work (physics · Applied Psychology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology · Workplace Health and Well-being

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