Job Satisfaction and Sexual Orientation in Britain

Sait Bayrakdar and Andrew King
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Sait Bayrakdar: King’s College London, UK
Andrew King: University of Surrey, UK

Work, Employment & Society, 2022, vol. 36, issue 1, 21-39

Abstract: Studies looking at patterns of labour market outcomes among lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) individuals focus mostly on earnings, while non-pecuniary outcomes of LGB individuals have remained a relatively under-researched area. Using the latest wave of the Workplace Employment Relations Study (WERS), this article investigates the job satisfaction levels of LGB individuals compared to their heterosexual peers for the first time in Britain. The results show significantly lower job satisfaction levels only for bisexual men, compared to their heterosexual counterparts. Moreover, the findings do not show a direct impact of LGB(T)-related workplace policies on job satisfaction levels.

Keywords: gender; job satisfaction; labour market; LGB inequality; sexual orientation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1177/0950017020980997

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