Purpose – Using Westover's job satisfaction model (based on Kalleberg's 1977 findings and Handel's 2005 study) the purpose of this paper is to re‐examine the job satisfaction‐gender paradox by analyzing cross‐national gender differences in job satisfaction, specifically as these changes...

Purpose – The vast cross-disciplinary literature exploring work quality and job satisfaction has linked worker experiences to many individual, organizational, and social outcomes, yet this research has largely failed to shed much light on why cross-national differences in worker satisfaction...

Today, approximately 60,000 multinational enterprises (MNEs) employ more than 45 million people worldwide. This is about twice as many as in 1990, and this number is predicted to increase to 75 million people by 2010 (Schuler, 2003). This paper is dedicated to helping develop the understanding...

“The creation of global HR systems remains a real challenge for organizations fighting to stay competitive in a globalized marketplace” (Wiechmann & et al, 2003, p.71). In addressing this ongoing “challenge,” in this paper we first examine important global staffing issues and the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to extend Handel's intrinsic and extrinsic framework for understanding job characteristics and job satisfaction to the worker experience in socialist and post-socialist Hungary. Design/methodology/approach – Non-panel longitudinal data from the...

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to explore key work domains that impact worker job satisfaction and organizational commitment, which in turn impact long‐term worker productivity and performance. Design/methodology/approach – The paper utilizes factor analysis, ordinary least...

Purpose – The main purpose of this paper is to explore cross‐national differences in job satisfactions and its determinants over time (1989‐2005), which, in turn, impact long‐term worker productivity and performance. Design/methodology/approach – Utilizing non‐panel longitudinal data...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to extend Handel's intrinsic and extrinsic framework for understanding job characteristics and job satisfaction to the worker experience in socialist and post‐socialist Hungary. Design/methodology/approach – Non‐panel longitudinal data from the...

Purpose – The vast cross‐disciplinary literature exploring work quality and job satisfaction has linked worker experiences to many individual, organizational, and social outcomes, yet this research has largely failed to shed much light on why cross‐national differences in worker...