Permanent Contracts and Job Satisfaction in Academia: Evidence from European Countries

Fulvio Castellacci and Clara Viñas-Bardolet

No 7, IRMO Occasional Papers from Institute for Development and International Relations, Zagreb

Abstract: Temporary contracts are increasingly used in academia. This is a major concern for non-tenured researchers, since weak job security may hamper job satisfaction. In spite of the relevance of this topic, scholarly research on the theme is scant. This paper presents an empirical analysis of the role of academic tenure for job satisfaction of researchers in European countries. The work uses data from the MORE2 survey, a recent large-scale representative survey of researchers in European countries. The results show that, ceteris paribus, academics with a permanent contract are on average more satisfied with their job than those that are employed on a temporary basis. We also show that academic tenure is a relatively more important factor of job satisfaction for researchers at an intermediate stage of the career. Finally, we point out some important differences in the working of the model among European countries. Our hypotheses receive significant empirical support for the groups of Continental EU and Nordic economies, which combine high job satisfaction and good working conditions, on the one hand, with relatively weak job security for younger academics, on the other.

Keywords: job satisfaction; academia; permanent contracts (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I31 J28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
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