Gender and the Importance of Fringe Benefits : Exploring Their Link with Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction

The importance of fringe benefits for both employers and employees has been repeatedly pinpointed in the Human Resource Management academic and professional literature. How important are they, though, for either gender, in the midst of the current economic crisis in Europe? The present article draws on the findings of a recent large-scale survey in Greece, in order to establish and discuss the significance of fringe benefits to both employees and employers and explore their link with organizational commitment