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Arbeitszufriedenheit und Persönlichkeit: "Wer schaffen will, muss fröhlich sein!"
Fietze, Simon - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2011
The research on job satisfaction has a long history and is one of the most intensively studied subjects - not only in the field of industrial and organizational psychology. The various studies can roughly be classified into situational, dispositional, and hybrid approaches, depending on whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009210942
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Continuous Training, Job Satisfaction and Gender: An Empirical Analysis Using German Panel Data
Burgard, Claudia; Görlitz, Katja - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2011
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), this paper analyzes the relationship between training and job satisfaction focusing in particular on gender differences. Controlling for a variety of socio-demographic, job and firm characteristics, we find a difference between males and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009220612
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Do Changes in Regulation Affect Temporary Agency Workers' Job Satisfaction?
Busk, Henna; Jahn, Elke J.; Singer, Christine - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2015
This paper evaluates the impact on temporary agency workers’ job satisfaction of a reform that considerably relaxed … decreased agency workers’ job satisfaction while regular workers’ job satisfaction remained unchanged. Further analysis reveals … that the negative effect on agency workers’ job satisfaction can be attributed to a decrease in wages and an increase in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011186635
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Are Self-Employed Really Happier than Employees?: An Approach Modelling Adaptation and Anticipation Effects to Self-Employment and General Job Changes
Hanglberger, Dominik; Merz, Joachim - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2011
Empirical analyses using cross-sectional and panel data found significantly higher levels of job satisfaction for self-employed than for employees. We argue that those estimates in previous studies might be biased by neglecting anticipation and adaptation effects. For testing we specify several...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009644129
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The Happy Artist?: An Empirical Application of the Work-Preference Model
Steiner, Lasse; Schneider, Lucian - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
The artistic labor market is marked by several adversities, such as low wages, above-average unemployment, and constrained underemployment. Nevertheless, it attracts many young people. The number of students exceeds the available jobs by far. A potential explanation for this puzzle is that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646242
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Sick of Your Job?: Negative Health Effects from Non-optimal Employment
Kleibrink, Jan - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
In an empirical study based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, the effect of job quality on individual health is analyzed. Extending previous studies methodologically to estimate unbiased effects of job satisfaction on individual health, it can be shown that low job satisfaction...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011267931
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Does Job Satisfaction Improve the Health of Workers?: New Evidence Using Panel Data and Objective Measures of Health
Fischer, Justina A. V.; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2008
This paper evaluates the relationship between job satisfaction and measures of health of workers using the German Socio … time appear to prevent workers from (further) health deterioration. …
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The Effect of Subsidized Employment on Happiness
Crost, Benjamin - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2011
While a large body of evidence suggests that unemployment and self-reported happiness are negatively correlated, it is not clear whether this reflects a causal effect of unemployment on happiness and whether subsidized employment can increase the happiness of the unemployed. To close this gap,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147484
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Beschäftigungsstruktur und Zufriedenheit von Zeitarbeitnehmern in Deutschland
Grund, Christian; Martin, Johannes; Minten, Axel - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
agency work. Moreover, we explore possible explanations for differences between temp and regular workers as well as … increase the likelihood of being in temporary agency work. Temp workers often have jobs for which they are not appropriately … regular employees even if it is controlled for these factors. However, life satisfaction of temp workers is considerably …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011129008
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A Weighty Issue Revisited: The Dynamic Effect of Body Weight on Earnings and Satisfaction in Germany
Kropfhäußer, Frieder; Sunder, Marco - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
-shaped association between bmi and wages among young workers. Among young male workers, work satisfaction is affected beyond the effect …
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