JOB SATISFACTION AND LABOR TURNOVER: DOES GENDER MATTER?*

This paper analyzes the effect of job satisfaction on labor turnover by gender usingdata from the first two waves of the Swiss Household Panel (1999 and 2000). The resultsreveal that job satisfaction is a very good predictor of future quits, yet the effect differsbetween men and women: all other things being equal, a decrease in job satisfaction increasesthe separation probability more among men than among women...

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Year of publication:	2003-12-01
Authors:	Sousa-Poza, Alfonso ; Sousa-Poza, Andrés A.
Institutions:	Forschungsinstitut für Arbeit und Arbeitsrecht <St. Gallen>
Subject:	Frau \| woman \| Arbeitszufriedenheit \| job satisfaction \| Arbeitsergebnis \| job result \| Mann

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Series:	Universität St.- Gallen - Forschungsinstitut für Arbeit und Arbeitsrecht - Diskussionspapiere Diskussionspapiere des Forschungsinstituts für Arbeit und Arbeitsrecht ; 94 (2003)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	C13 - Estimation ; J16 - Economics of Gender ; J28 - Safety; Accidents; Industrial Health; Job Satisfaction, Related Public Policy ; J60 - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies. General ; Personnel psychology ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; Switzerland
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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