scholarly journals Job Quality in Scotland

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 337-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Sutherland
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Job Security ◽  
Job Quality ◽  
Employment Relations ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction

This article examines job quality and job satisfaction for individuals who are employed at workplaces located in Scotland. Using a series of indices constructed from responses in the survey of employees associated with the 2011 Workplace and Employment Relations Study, it investigates how job quality and job satisfaction differ across individuals. It also examines whether job quality and job satisfaction for individuals employed in Scotland are different from individuals employed elsewhere in Britain. Individuals employed at workplaces in Scotland are seen to have positive perspectives about the quality of their jobs. Although most maintain that they work very hard, nonetheless they are seen to have considerable control over most aspects of their jobs; are confident about their job security; and view their workplace managers as being supportive. In terms of differences across individuals, who have higher (lower) levels of job quality depends upon the index of job quality used. With the exception of their pay, individuals are seen to be satisfied with all aspects of their jobs, although the level of satisfaction does vary across individuals. There is little difference between employees located in Scotland and employees located elsewhere in Britain with respect to either job quality or job satisfaction.

University Graduates’ Employability, Employment Status, and Job Quality

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicente González-Romá ◽  
Juan Pablo Gamboa ◽  
José M. Peiró
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
Job Quality ◽  
Hierarchical Level ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Career Identity ◽  
Human And Social Capital ◽  
The University

We investigated whether a set of indicators of the employability dimensions proposed by Fugate, Kinicki, and Asforth (i.e., career identity, personal adaptability, and human and social capital) are related to university graduates’ employment status and five indicators of the quality of their jobs (pay, hierarchical level, vertical and horizontal match, and job satisfaction). We analyzed a representative sample of university graduates ( N = 7,881) from the population of graduates who obtained their degree from the University of Valencia in the period 2006–2010. The results showed that indicators of human and social capital were related to employment status, whereas indicators of human and social capital and career identity were related to distinct job quality indicators. These results support the validity of the conceptual model proposed by Fugate et al. to investigate employability in samples of university graduates.

scholarly journals ANALISIS KEPUASAN KARYAWAN DAN AKREDITASI RUMAH SAKIT UMUM DAERAH BLAMBANGAN KABUPATEN BANYUWANGI

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diansanto Prayoga ◽  
Syifaul Lailiyah ◽  
Jayanti Dian Eka Sari
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Employee Satisfaction ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Hospital Employee ◽  
Management Evaluation ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive

Health services conducted by hospitals must prioritize quality and satisfaction for consumers. Internal hospital customers are hospital works that have a major role in providing services to consumers. Analysis Methods This study uses Quantitative Descriptive Analysis method. For a large sample of staff employees taken 20% of all employees (589 people) at Blambangan Regional General Hospital Banyuwangi regency of 125 people by systematic random sampling. The results of this study indicate that the level of satisfaction of employee employee karywan for 68.95 included in the category of satisfaction. Hospital employee satisfaction value is the highest indicator of job satisfaction that is mentally challenging with the value of employee satisfaction of 71.72, while the lowest hospital employee satisfaction value is a reasonable indicator of Rewards satisfaction with employee satisfaction score of 64.23. Accreditation of Blambangan Public Hospital of Banyuwangi Regency earned the title of Plenary.This study reviews materials for the management of the hospital to make improvements in the role of hospital employees to perform services to the community and management evaluation in improving the performance of employees in the organization. Keyword : Job Satisfaction, Accreditation, Quality of Hospital

Gap Analysis

2017 ◽  
pp. 137-154
Author(s):  
Chang Lee
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Gap Analysis ◽  
Job Security ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
Hotel Managers ◽  
Hotel Workers ◽  
Level Of Importance

Employees have their own perceptions or attitudes about many aspects of work itself, and their own satisfaction with job or non-work-related attributes. Job satisfaction has been widely studied by many researchers and practitioners. This study surveys selected work-related attributes to help hoteliers improve work environments. This study initially identifies the level of importance on work-related attributes and the level of satisfaction with those attributes among hotel workers. Whether differences exist between the levels of importance of work-related attributes and satisfaction with those attributes is also explored. The purpose of this study is to identify how hotel workers perceive their work environments and identify areas that need more attention from hotel managers. Based on the purpose of this study, work-related attributes are measured according to the level of importance and the level of satisfaction. The study indicates that hotel workers consider their work environments, in terms of who they work with; to be well provided; however, work-related expectation, in terms of what they receive for their work, has not met their expectations. This study finds supervisor's friendlessness, job security, and pay are top three most important.

scholarly journals Alat Ukur Quality Of Working Life Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Komang Agus Jayanegara
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Job Security ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Competency Development ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Quality Of Working Life

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengembangkan alat ukur psikologi yang mengukur quality of working life karyawan, dengan menggunakan lima dimensi quality of working life yaitu health & well being, job security, job satisfaction, competency development, dan work & non-work life balance. Penelitian ini penting untuk dilakukan, dikarenakan alat ukur quality of working life dengan kelima dimensi tersebut masih tergolong baru, dan quality of working life juga merupakan hal penting untuk diperhatikan oleh suatu organisasi. Paritisipan yang terlibat dalam pengambilan data utama adalah sebanyak 109 orang partisipan. Pendekatan yang digunakan pada penelitian ini adalah pendekatan kuantitatif, dengan desain non-experimental, dan bersifat deskriptif. Berdasarkan pada hasil penelitian ini, alat ukur yang peneliti kembangkan telah memenuhi standar psikometri. Terdapat beberapa rangkaian analisis yang peneliti lakukan, yaitu menguji keterbacaan aitem kepada lima orang, yang mana menghasilkan 69 aitem pernyataan, dan kemudian melakukan uji coba alat ukur kepada 36 orang partisipan, dan menganalisis aitem alat ukur tersebut, dan menghasilkan 40 aitem setelah terdapat beberapa aitem yang digugurkan. Kemudian peneliti melakukan pengambilan data utama alat ukur dengan melibatkan 109 orang partisipan, dan menghasilkan alpha cronbach sebesar 0,959 dan dapat dinyatakan alat ukur tersebut reliabel, sedangkan r hitung lebih dari 0,300 yang dapat diartikan bahwa 40 aitem pernyataan dinyatakan valid.

scholarly journals Is Finland Different? Quality of Work Among Finnish and European Employees

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 29-41
Author(s):  
Armi Hartikainen ◽  
Timo Anttila ◽  
Tomi Oinas ◽  
Jouko Nätti
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Nordic Countries ◽  
Job Quality ◽  
Quality Of Work Life ◽  
Multivariate Techniques ◽  
Great Effort ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
European Working

The issue of the quality of work-life has risen in popularity due to concerns about the economic and social sustainability of European societies. Throughout the continent, global competition, technological change and the intensification of work are common developments which are seen to affect the well-being of the workforce. Nevertheless, European countries differ substantially in terms of job quality. According to earlier research, employees in Sweden and Denmark (and to lesser extent in Finland) report a higher quality of work tasks than elsewhere in Europe. The aim of this paper was to investigate, in a cross-national context using multivariate techniques, whether job quality in Finland really is divergent from that of other Nordic countries and rest of the Europe. Empirical analyses were based on the fourth wave of the European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) collected in 2005. In this study we used data from the 25 Member States of the European Union and Norway (n=21,196 interviews). Our results support earlier findings that Finland lags behind other Nordic countries in terms of work discretion and the perceptions of being well paid. Instead, Finnish employees were less worried about health issues. When comparing Finland to Scandinavia, we did not find major differences in the amount of highly skilled jobs, insecurity nor the quantity of jobs requiring great effort. We also examined the associations of the dimensions of job quality to job satisfaction. The results indicated that the subjective aspects of job quality were more important determinants of job satisfaction, and that there were only modest differences in the determinants of job satisfaction between country clusters.

Gap Analysis

2017 ◽  
pp. 443-459
Author(s):  
Chang Lee
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Gap Analysis ◽  
Job Security ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
Hotel Managers ◽  
Hotel Workers ◽  
Level Of Importance

Employees have their own perceptions or attitudes about many aspects of work itself, and their own satisfaction with job or non-work-related attributes. Job satisfaction has been widely studied by many researchers and practitioners. This study surveys selected work-related attributes to help hoteliers improve work environments. This study initially identifies the level of importance on work-related attributes and the level of satisfaction with those attributes among hotel workers. Whether differences exist between the levels of importance of work-related attributes and satisfaction with those attributes is also explored. The purpose of this study is to identify how hotel workers perceive their work environments and identify areas that need more attention from hotel managers. Based on the purpose of this study, work-related attributes are measured according to the level of importance and the level of satisfaction. The study indicates that hotel workers consider their work environments, in terms of who they work with; to be well provided; however, work-related expectation, in terms of what they receive for their work, has not met their expectations. This study finds supervisor's friendlessness, job security, and pay are top three most important.

scholarly journals Job quality of refugees in Austria: Trade-offs between multiple workplace characteristics

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 418-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renate Ortlieb ◽  
Silvana Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Market Integration ◽  
Job Security ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Job Quality ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Multiple Dimensions ◽  
Quality Dimensions ◽  
And Cluster Analysis

Do employers tend to exploit refugees or do they offer them high-quality jobs? This article examines the job quality of refugees from Afghanistan and Syria working in Austria. It uses unique survey data of 316 refugees and cluster analysis to identify job quality profiles. Drawing on well-established job quality frameworks, it considers multiple dimensions of job quality, including pay, job security, overqualification in terms of level and content area, learning opportunities, at-home feeling and health aspects. The findings reveal four job quality profiles with considerable trade-offs or compromises between job quality dimensions. Furthermore, the job quality profiles are associated with the methods refugees use to find a job. The study enhances understanding of labour market integration of refugees and the associated role of human resource management.

Impact of the Job Quality on Quality of Life of Employees in the Hospitality Industry

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suvidha Khanna ◽  
Rahul Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Hotel Industry ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Job Quality ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
High Degree ◽  
The Relationship

The job quality is constituted by the set of work features which foster the well-being of the workers. Job quality is directly linked with the consideration of workers’ points of view and this can be found through the development of surveys into job satisfaction and workers’ well-being Layard, 2005),. The employees in the hotel industry play an important role in the dealing with their customers which has a direct impact upon providing quality services and also involve a high degree of face-to-face interaction between employees and customers but due to the growing work burden of the employees, they are not able to give ample time to their families. With this background, the objective of the present study is to evaluate the relationship between job quality and job satisfaction and the effect of job quality and job satisfaction of hotel employees on their overall quality of life. Lastly various measures for the improvement of the quality of life of employees working in the hotel industry of this particular region are suggested.

scholarly journals The Importance of Job Satisfaction to improve Employee Performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 367-377
Author(s):  
Diana Prihadini ◽  
Siti Nurbaity ◽  
Heksawan Rachmadi ◽  
Krishantoro Krishantoro
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
Individual Thing ◽  
Different Levels

Job satisfaction or employee satisfaction is a measure of the level of satisfaction of workers with their type of work which is related to the nature of their job duties, the results of the work achieved, the form of supervision obtained and the feeling of relief and liking for the work they are engaged in. Job satisfaction is an individual thing because each individual will have different levels of satisfaction according to the values that apply in each individual. This study is a qualitative research with a case study approach. Data collection was carried out by means of semi structured interviews to 10 staff working in private universities in Jakarta. Interview was also conducted with 2 HRD directors to dig deeper the efforts to provide job satisfaction which can improve employee performance. The results of this study indicate that job satisfaction has a big role in improving the quality of employee performance.

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