And I Will Try to Fix You:A Study of Heterogeneity in Job Satisfaction withImplications for Flexible Employment Contracts
This paper is an empirical study of slope heterogeneity in job satisfaction. It providesevidence from the generalized ordered probit models that different job characteristics tend tohave different distributional impacts on the overall job satisfaction. For instance, standardmodels tend to significantly underestimate the effects of monthly salary and hours worked atgenerating the “highly” satisfied workers, whilst lowering the incidence of the “verydissatisfied” workers. Although our results should be viewed as illustrative, we providediscussions of their potential implications for employers and they could help with the designof employment contracts....
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2011-07-01
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Authors: | Chongvilaivan, Aekapol ; Powdthavee, Nattavudh |
Institutions: | Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> |
Subject: | Arbeitszufriedenheit | job satisfaction | Gehalt | wage | Arbeitsvertrag | Contract of employment | Heterogenität |
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Extent: | 878592 bytes 37 p. application/pdf |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Classification: | D61 - Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis ; J53 - Labor-Management Relations; Industrial Jurisprudence ; Ergonomic job analysis ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; No country specification |
Source: | USB Cologne (business full texts) |
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