scholarly journals Do wage and wage satisfaction compensate for the effects of a dissatisfying job on life satisfaction?

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob A. De Coning ◽  
Sebastiaan Rothmann ◽  
Marius W. Stander
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Ethical Behaviour ◽  
Satisfaction Level ◽  
Wage Level ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Low Level ◽  
High Level

Orientation: Research regarding subjective well-being (including life satisfaction and domain-specific satisfaction) is necessary, given the effects thereof on health, work performance, social relationships and ethical behaviour of employees.Research purpose: This study aimed to investigate the relationships among life satisfaction, job satisfaction and wage satisfaction, as well as how these relationships related to gross wage category in a South African sample.Motivation for the study: While research has shown that wage level and wage satisfaction are positively associated with both job and life satisfaction, the question arises whether wage level and satisfaction would compensate for the negative effect of a dissatisfying job on life satisfaction.Research approach/design and method: A cross-sectional design was used. A non-probability convenience sample (N = 763) in the form of the WageIndicator data set was obtained. Hierarchical log-linear analyses and cross-tabulations were carried out to determine the relationships that existed among the constructs.Main findings: Although job satisfaction and wage satisfaction were strongly related at a low level of wage satisfaction, fewer people were satisfied with their jobs at a high level of wage satisfaction level. Moreover, while job and life satisfaction were strongly related at a low level of job satisfaction level, relatively fewer people were satisfied with their lives at a high level of job satisfaction level. Wage dissatisfaction was associated with dissatisfaction with life but was more strongly associated with life satisfaction at a high level of wage satisfaction. Wage category and wage satisfaction did not interact with the job satisfaction level in affecting life satisfaction.Practical/managerial implications: Managers should attend to the perceptions of wage dissatisfaction at low wage and wage satisfaction levels. Such dissatisfaction may have a negative impact on the job and life satisfaction of employees and result in detrimental effects on employees and organisations.Contribution/value-add: This study contributes to scientific knowledge regarding the relationships between wage, wage satisfaction, job dissatisfaction and life satisfaction.

scholarly journals Job Perception and Satisfaction Level of Lady Village Agricultural Workers with their Assigned Job in the Coastal Districts of Odisha

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 85-96
Author(s):  
Swatee Prangya B. Parasar ◽  
S. K. Mishra Isha Anandita Sahoo
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Rank Order ◽  
Agricultural Workers ◽  
Satisfaction Level ◽  
Design Data ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Medium Level ◽  
High Level

A study entitled “Job Perception and Satisfaction level of Lady Village Agricultural Workers with their assigned job in the Coastal Districts of Odisha” was conducted in all the five coastal districts of Odisha covering 80 number of respondent LVAWs selected for the purpose following Ex-post-facto research design. Data were collected through mailed questionnaire during 2020 followed by statistical analysis with the help of frequency, percentage, mean score, standard deviation and rank order. The major findings of the study revealed that majority of the respondent LVAWs were at medium level of perception about their job, i.e., 75% at medium level followed by 15% at low level and 10% at high level of job perception. After statistical analysis of the data collected with respect to job satisfaction level of LVAWs, the findings indicated that majority i.e., up to the extent of 62.5% were at medium level of job satisfaction followed by 20% at low level and 17.5% were at high level of job satisfaction.

An assessment of teacher's job satisfaction and its possible effects on student achievements

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pradeep S. Kachhawa ◽  
Anushree Joshi ◽  
Anita Gajraj
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Satisfaction Level ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
Student Achievements ◽  
Mathematics And Science

The present study was conducted on 160 teachers of different subjects (Hindi, English, Mathematics, and Science) of secondary level under public sector schools to assess their job satisfaction. Results suggested that job satisfaction level was found maximum in mathematics subject teachers and minimum in Hindi. The key findings of this study was lack of better opportunity, low salary and the work that an individual find boring are certain issues which affect teacher's responsibility. Low level of satisfaction was a significant cause to move out from their objectives and it proportionally affects learning methodology of students.

scholarly journals Exploring the antecedents of the mental health of business professionals in Sweden

Work ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 665-669
Author(s):  
Timur Uman ◽  
Pernilla Broberg ◽  
Torbjörn Tagesson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Economic Welfare ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Business Professionals ◽  
Mental Strain ◽  
Work Related ◽  
The Relationship

BACKGROUND: Business professionals are an important occupational group that carries responsibility for the economic welfare of organizations and of society at large. These professionals have recently been reported to be experiencing increased mental strain, which may have a significant effect on the role they play in organizations and in society. Understanding the causes of this strain is thus an important endeavour. OBJECTIVE: This study explores the antecedents of the mental health of business professionals. METHODS: Multiple linear regression analyses were used to examine the relationship between business professionals’ mental health and its demographic, work-related, and other triggers. T-tests and descriptive statistics were used to explore the gender of the respondents in relation to these triggers and mental health. RESULTS: Compared with their male counterparts, female business professionals report poorer mental health; however, no gender differences were found in job satisfaction or life satisfaction. According to this study, age, overtime pay, higher salary and position as a manager have a positive relation with mental health, whereas working overtime has a negative relation with mental health. Job satisfaction and life satisfaction are important determinants of the mental health of business professionals. CONCLUSIONS: Business professionals are important to the economic welfare of their organization and of society as a whole. Our study suggests that demographic characteristics, work-related aspects and subjective dimensions of well-being have a profound effect on the mental health of business professionals.

scholarly journals High-involvement management practices, job control, and employee well-being in the public and private sectors. Evidence from Finland

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 467-486
Author(s):  
Laura Peutere ◽  
Antti Saloniemi ◽  
Simo Aho ◽  
Jouko Nätti ◽  
Tapio Nummi
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Job Control ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
High Involvement ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
The Public ◽  
High Level ◽  
High Involvement Management

The connection between high-involvement management (HIM), entailing heavy employee involvement, and employee well-being is a controversial and widely discussed topic. Clarifying how job satisfaction and stress are connected to HIM and job control (the control employees have over their work), this study is based on data from two Finnish sources: an employer survey investigating the extent of HIM within an organisation, and employee assessments of job control, stress and job satisfaction. Logistic regression models were used as the study method. In contrast to previous Finnish studies, our findings show that HIM seems hardly to benefit employee well-being. Especially in the public sector, the correlation between extensive HIM and employee well-being turned out to be negative. However, HIM in the private sector was positively related to job satisfaction. As expected, a high level of job control was regularly associated with greater well-being.

scholarly journals Cartesian Control of Sit-to-Stand Motion Using Head Position Feedback

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Samina Rafique ◽  
M. Najam-ul-Islam ◽  
M. Shafique ◽  
A. Mahmood
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Human Motion ◽  
Head Position ◽  
Head Orientation ◽  
Motor Execution ◽  
Modeling Framework ◽  
Task Control ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Sit To Stand ◽  
High Level

Sit-to-stand (STS) motion is an indicator of an individual’s physical independence and well-being. Determination of various variables that contribute to the execution and control of STS motion is an active area of research. In this study, we evaluate the clinical hypothesis that besides numerous other factors, the central nervous system (CNS) controls STS motion by tracking a prelearned head position trajectory. Motivated by the evidence for a task-oriented encoding of motion by the CNS, we adopt a robotic approach for the synthesis of STS motion and propose this scheme as a solution to this hypothesis. We propose an analytical biomechanical human CNS modeling framework where the head position trajectory defines the high-level task control variable. The motion control is divided into low-level task generation and motor execution phases. We model CNS as STS controller and its Estimator subsystem plans joint trajectories to perform the low-level task. The motor execution is done through the Cartesian controller subsystem that generates torque commands to the joints. We do extensive motion and force capture experiments on human subjects to validate our analytical modeling scheme. We first scale our biomechanical model to match the anthropometry of the subjects. We do dynamic motion reconstruction through the control of simulated custom human CNS models to follow the captured head position trajectories in real time. We perform kinematic and kinetic analyses and comparison of experimental and simulated motions. For head position trajectories, root mean square (RMS) errors are 0.0118 m in horizontal and 0.0315 m in vertical directions. Errors in angle estimates are 0.55 rad, 0.93 rad, 0.59 rad, and 0.0442 rad for ankle, knee, hip, and head orientation, respectively. RMS error of ground reaction force (GRF) is 50.26 N, and the correlation between ground reaction torque and the support moment is 0.72. Low errors in our results validate (1) the reliability of motion/force capture methods and anthropometric technique for customization of human models and (2) high-level task control framework and human CNS modeling as a solution to the hypothesis. Accurate modeling and detailed understanding of human motion can have significant scope in the fields of rehabilitation, humanoid robotics, and virtual characters’ motion planning based on high-level task control schemes.

Testing a Social Cognitive Model of Well-Being With Women Engineers

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 246-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hang-Shim Lee ◽  
Lisa Y. Flores
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Cognitive Model ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work Conditions ◽  
Women Engineers ◽  
Goal Progress ◽  
Social Cognitive Model

The present study tests the utility of the Social Cognitive Model of Well-Being (SCWB) in the context of work, with a sample of 348 women engineers. Using structural equation modeling, we examined the relations of positive affect, self-efficacy, work conditions, goal progress, and environmental supports and barriers that were assumed to account for job satisfaction and life satisfaction of women engineers. Overall, the model provided a good fit to the data, and SCWB predictors accounted for a significant amount of variance in job satisfaction (63%) and life satisfaction (54%) with our sample of women engineers. As expected, most paths of the SCWB model were significant; however, we also found nonsignificant relations among variables in the model. In particular, goal progress did not play a critical role in the present study. In addition, we examined the indirect effects of environmental variables (e.g., supports and barriers) on job satisfaction via sociocognitive variables (e.g., self-efficacy and perceived work conditions) in the engineering work domain. Implications for practice, theory, and future vocational and organizational research in engineering are discussed.

Emotion Regulation and Job Satisfaction as Predictors of Subjective Well-being in Doctors

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-14
Author(s):  
Prachi Sharma ◽  
Urmila Rani Srivastava
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Cognitive Reappraisal ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Expressive Suppression ◽  
Specialty Hospitals ◽  
Intrinsic Job Satisfaction

This study examined the role of emotion regulation and job satisfaction in predicting affective (positive and negative affect) and cognitive (life satisfaction) components of subjective well-being (SWB) in doctors. The predictors used were the dimensions of job satisfaction—intrinsic, extrinsic job satisfaction as well as the total score of job satisfaction and the following dimensions of intra-personal emotion regulation—cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression. The participants included in the study were doctors from multi-specialty hospitals in Gurgaon district of Haryana. A total of 102 doctors were included in the study using convenience sampling. Correlational and step-wise multiple regression analyses were conducted to test the predictions. The results of the analysis confirmed the predictions as intrinsic job satisfaction and cognitive reappraisal significantly and positively predicted life satisfaction. The findings were discussed in the light of available research along with implications of the study and possible avenues for future research.

The Effect of Gender on Job Satisfaction Among Teachers in Arab Government Schools in Israel

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fathi Shamma ◽  
Lialy Abuleil Badarny
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Satisfaction Level ◽  
Government Schools ◽  
High Level

The study investigated the job satisfaction level among teachers working in Arab government schools in Israel. To achieve this goal, a questionnaire was developed and distributed to a sample of 200 teachers. The SPSS statistical package was used to analyze the data collected. The results of the study indicated a high level of job satisfaction. There were no significant statistical differences in job satisfaction due to gender. In view of the findings, the study recommended that teachers should be encouraged and empowered to increase their job satisfaction level, as this would help Arab government schools in Israel to achieve their goals and outcomes.

Disclosure of Problems and Tensions Experienced by Marital Partners

1976 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 531-542 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald J. Burke ◽  
Tamara Weir ◽  
Denise Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Marital Partners

189 husband-wife pairs indicated how likely they were to disclose to their spouses when they were experiencing problems, and their reasons for disclosing and/or not disclosing. Wives disclosed significantly more than husbands. Both gave similar reasons for disclosing, but different reasons for not disclosing. Husbands and wives who were more likely to disclose to their spouses also reported greater marital and life satisfaction, but level of disclosing was not related to measures of mental and physical well-being or job satisfaction.

Musculoskeletal Pain, Job Satisfaction, Depression, and Anxiety Among Spanish Podiatric Physicians

2014 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Elena Losa Iglesias ◽  
Ricardo Becerro de Bengoa Vallejo
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Musculoskeletal Pain ◽  
Single Women ◽  
Job Dissatisfaction ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Physical Consequences ◽  
High Level

Background There is a high prevalence of musculoskeletal complaints related to day-to-day work among podiatric physicians. We sought to determine the relationships among musculoskeletal pain, job satisfaction, depression, and anxiety in Spanish podiatric physicians. Methods A convenience sample of 421 Spanish podiatric physicians was administered a survey that included questions about sociodemographic variables, musculoskeletal pain, job satisfaction, depression, and anxiety. Results On average, respondents were found to have a high level of pain, a moderate level of job satisfaction, and low-to-moderate levels of depression and anxiety. Young single women had the highest levels of pain and anxiety. Analysis with the Student t test indicated significant differences between the sexes for levels of pain (P < .0001) and anxiety (P < .014). Job satisfaction was inversely related to depression and anxiety. Conclusions These findings, particularly the increased levels of pain, job dissatisfaction, anxiety, and depression in young single female podiatrists, indicate a need for strategies to reduce the risks posed by the work environment in podiatric medicine, thus minimizing the negative psychological and physical consequences of participating in the profession.

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