Job Satisfaction of Self-Employed Workers: Empirical Evidence from Cameroon Data

Juliette laure Mathou Tchinda and Huasng Rong Bing
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Juliette laure Mathou Tchinda: Guangdong University of Technology, China
Huasng Rong Bing: Guangdong University of Technology, China

International Journal of Management Science and Business Administration, 2017, vol. 3, issue 6, 43-58

Abstract: This study aims at contributing to the debate opposing results-based utility to procedural utility by evaluating the effect of self-employment on job satisfaction. Data is taken from the second Cameroonian Household Survey (2015). Many propensity scores matching techniques were used in addition to models of qualitative variables which led to the conclusion that self-employed workers are more satisfied with work than employees. This satisfaction is felt despite the fact that self-employment generates low income, almost has no job security and calls for long working hours. The high level of autonomy enjoyed by self-employed workers explains this result, which is in line with the procedural utility approach. Furthermore, this study shows that self-employed workers by necessity are less satisfied than self-employed workers by opportunity, meaning that the level of satisfaction varies.

Keywords: Satisfaction; Self-employed worker; Scores method; Cameroon (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.18775/ijmsba.1849-5664-5419.2014.36.1006

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