Purpose – 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...

Purpose – 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...

Do younger workers in transition economies have a different work ethic from those who were trained and employed in the former socialist economy? Is there a positive link between work ethic and earnings among workers in transition economies? We address these questions using data collected from...

Are work values a cause (Weber) or consequence (Marx) of the economic environment? The collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991 provides a unique opportunity to investigate this link. Using data collected from an employee survey conducted in over 340 workplaces in Armenia, Azerbaijan and...