THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOB SATISFACTION AND JOB CHARACTERISTICS OF OLDER WORKERS IN EUROPEAN ORGANIZATIONS. A PERSPECTIVE ON GENDER DIFFERENCES
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOB SATISFACTION AND JOB CHARACTERISTICS OF OLDER WORKERS IN EUROPEAN ORGANIZATIONS. A PERSPECTIVE ON GENDER DIFFERENCES

Author(s): Elisabeta Jaba, Christiana Brigitte Sandu
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economy, Gender Studies, Sociology, Human Resources in Economy
Published by: Editura Universităţii »Alexandru Ioan Cuza« din Iaşi
Keywords: job satisfaction; older workers; logistic regression; determinant factors; work environment;
Summary/Abstract: This study aims to analyse the job satisfaction of older employees in Europe from the perspective of gender differences. The relationship between job satisfaction and various factors such as job characteristics, work environment, employees’ characteristics is of interest for human resource management in successful organizations. Previous studies on gender gap paradox show that women are more satisfied than men, even when controlling for job and personal characteristics. However, this phenomenon varies in time and among countries. The effects of several determinant factors on job satisfaction are estimated using ordinal logistic regression model applied on data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). The comparative analysis by gender for ordered logistic regression estimations allows to identify several differences in assessing the impact of working environment on job satisfaction for men and women. The findings of this study are discussed both from a theoretical and a practical perspective.

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