What workers want: job satisfaction in the U.S.

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By using the 2014 wave of the General Social Survey (GSS), this paper presents several determinants of job satisfaction. In a nutshell, U.S. workers prefer fair and respectful treatment by their employees, but not stress factors, such as working over-time or absence of home office arrangements. In terms of an employer friendly human resource strategy, especially the softer, or psychological determinants are rather cost-less to implement, but effective. In this analysis gender differences are rather weak.
Original languageEnglish
JournalManagement Research and Practice
Volume8
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)39-45
Number of pages7
ISSN2067-2462
Publication statusPublished - 03.2016

    Research areas

  • Job Satisfaction, Human Resource Management, General Social Survey (GSS)
  • Economics

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