The Effect of Job Satisfaction on Job Search: Not just whether, but also where

Josse Delfgaauw

No 05-097/1, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers from Tinbergen Institute

Abstract: Using survey data of public sector employees in the Netherlands, this paper shows that workers' satisfaction with various job domains not only affects whether but also where workers search for another job. An intuitive pattern emerges. Workers try to leave their current employer when their job search is instigated by dissatisfaction with an organisation-specific job domain, like management. Conversely, more job-specific problems, like a lack of autonomy, lead workers to opt for another position within their current organisation. Dissatisfaction with job domains which may have an industry-specific component, such as job duties, drives workers out of their industry. These findings suggest that on-the-job experience provides workers with information about the quality of their own job as well as of other jobs in their organisation and industry.

Keywords: Job search; job satisfaction; public sector employees (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J28 J45 J63 M54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005-10-21
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