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An investigation of national trends in job satisfaction in Britain and Germany

Green, Francis, Tsitsianis, Nicholas (2005) An investigation of national trends in job satisfaction in Britain and Germany. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 43 (3). pp. 401-429. ISSN 0007-1080. (doi:10.1111/j.1467-8543.2005.00362.x) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:4847)

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Abstract

Trends in job satisfaction in Britain and Germany are described, and potential explanations investigated. Contrary to what might be expected from popular commentary, changing job insecurity does not explain the fall in job satisfaction in either country. It is found that intensification of work effort and declining task discretion account for the fall in job satisfaction in Britain. In Germany there was a modest fall in the proportion of people working the number of hours that they wanted to. However, while working too many or too few hours is a significant source of job dissatisfaction, the changes were too small to account for the fall in job satisfaction.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2005.00362.x
Subjects: H Social Sciences
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Economics
Funders: Economic and Social Research Council (https://ror.org/03n0ht308)
Depositing User: G.F. Green
Date Deposited: 06 Sep 2008 16:55 UTC
Last Modified: 12 Jul 2022 10:38 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/4847 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Green, Francis.

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