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Work-Life Balance Practices and the Gender Gap in Job Satisfaction in the UK: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data
Asadullah, Niaz; Fernández, Rosa M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This paper examines the role of work-life balance practices (WLB) in explaining the “paradox of the contented female worker”. After establishing that females report higher levels of job satisfaction than men in the UK, we test whether firm characteristics such as WLB and gender segregation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822882
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Sex, race, and job satisfaction among highly educated workers
Hersch, Joni; Xiao, Jean - 2015
There has been a considerable amount of work focusing on job satisfaction and sex, generally finding that women are more satisfied than men despite having objectively worse job conditions. But there is little evidence on whether job satisfaction differs by race or ethnicity. We use data from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346636
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Effect of sexual orientation on job satisfaction : evidence from Greece
Drydakis, Nick - 2014
This study investigates the differences in four aspects of job satisfaction between gay men/lesbians and heterosexuals. The analysis results suggest that gay men and lesbians are less satisfied with their jobs, by all job satisfaction measures, than heterosexual employees, all other factors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010258157
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Minority representation at work
Breuer, Matthias; Cai, Wei; Le, Anthony; Vetter, Felix - 2024 - This version: May 2024
Recent proposals for a more inclusive capitalism call for labor and minority representation in corporate governance. We … examine the joint promise of labor and minority representation in the context of German works councils. The councils are a … powerful form of labor representation that grants elected delegates of shop-floor workers codetermination rights (e.g., over …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014528151
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Men's sexual orientation and job satisfaction
Drydakis, Nick - 2012
This study investigates the differences in three aspects of job satisfaction - total pay, promotion prospects, and respect received from one's supervisor - between male heterosexual and gay employees in Athens, Greece. Gay employees are found to be less satisfied according to all job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282454
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Men's sexual orientation and job satisfaction
Drydakis, Nick - 2012
This study investigates the differences in three aspects of job satisfaction - total pay, promotion prospects, and respect received from one's supervisor - between male heterosexual and gay employees in Athens, Greece. Gay employees are found to be less satisfied according to all job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009529532
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Sex, Race, and Job Satisfaction Among Highly Educated Workers
Hersch, Joni - 2015
There has been a considerable amount of work focusing on job satisfaction and sex, generally finding that women are more satisfied than men despite having objectively worse job conditions. But there is little evidence on whether job satisfaction differs by race or ethnicity. We use data from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013014043
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Effect of Sexual Orientation on Job Satisfaction : Evidence from Greece
Drydakis, Nick - 2014
This study investigates the differences in four aspects of job satisfaction between gay men/lesbians and heterosexuals. The analysis results suggest that gay men and lesbians are less satisfied with their jobs, by all job satisfaction measures, than heterosexual employees, all other factors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013056643
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Men's Sexual Orientation and Job Satisfaction
Drydakis, Nick - 2012
This study investigates the differences in three aspects of job satisfaction – total pay, promotion prospects, and respect received from one's supervisor – between male heterosexual and gay employees in Athens, Greece. Gay employees are found to be less satisfied according to all job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112054
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Gender, Race, and Job Satisfaction of Law Graduates : Intersectional Evidence from the National Survey of College Graduates
Hersch, Joni - 2023
Studies typically find that lawyers have high job satisfaction and that women are not less satisfied than are men. But racial differences as well as gender differences by race or ethnicity in satisfaction may be masked because most lawyers identify as racially White. To examine whether job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014261603