What Workers want: Job Satisfaction in the U.S

Stephan Humpert

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: By using the 2014 wave of the General Social Survey (GSS), this paper presents several determinants of job satisfaction. In a nutshell, U.S. workers prefer fair and respectful treatment by their employees, but not stress factors, such as working over-time or absence of home office arrangements. In terms of an employer friendly human resource strategy, especially the softer, or psychological determinants are rather cost-less to implement, but effective. In this analysis gender differences are rather weak.

Keywords: Job Satisfaction; Human Resource Management; General Social Survey (GSS) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J21 M54 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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