Purpose – This paper aims to examine the relationship between CEO compensation and employee attitudes. Design/methodology/approach – Based upon equity/organizational justice theories and the CEO compensation literature, hypotheses were developed which suggest that executive compensation and...

After controlling for social desirability and length of service, this study found a positive curvilinear relationship between age and job satisfaction. The significance of these findings, and their implications for human resources management, are discussed.

The relationship between job dissatisfaction and the decision to leave paid employment in favour of business ownership is explored. Particular attention is paid to the level of job satisfaction enjoyed by the sample studied prior to founding a new business ‐ the job satisfaction of male and...

Prominent review articles conclude that the relationship between age and job satisfaction is probably linear because the clear majority of studies has produced linear findings. Recent research has suggested, however, that if the age/satisfaction relationship was investigated using appropriate...

Analyses the effects of age on the level of job satisfaction of accountants in Singapore. Four categories of accountants namely, government auditors, internal auditors, non‐auditor accountants, and external auditors were identified according to the nature of work performed by each, i.e....

Examines the changing employment relationship between organizations and their staff. Analyses the relationship in terms of five contractual areas – knowledge requirements, psychological needs, efficiency demands, job design and ethical relations. Describes how a number of these informal...

A number of research findings have suggested that managers are, in general, more satisfied with their jobs than are workers. This study aims to investigate the job satisfaction of academics and their managers, and to find out whether academics who hold managerial positions are, on the whole,...

Purpose – Employee satisfaction appears in any discussion about how employees can contribute to organizational performance. The purpose of this paper is to test the relationship between employee satisfaction and organizational performance; this later measured with three firm-level performance...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the relationship between learning processes (LP) – group learning (GL) and training processes – and job satisfaction (JS), by taking into consideration the mediating role of organizational size (OZ) and employees’ educational level (EEL)....

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop and test a model that investigates volition and self-efficacy as antecedents, and work engagement and job satisfaction as outcomes of perceived employability. It also evaluates the moderating role of job insecurity on the relationships between...