The Effect of Job Satisfaction on Job Search: Not just whether, but also where
2005-10-21
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Using survey data of public sector employees in the Netherlands, this paper shows that workers' satisfaction with various job domains not only affects whether but also where workers search for another job. An intuitive pattern emerges. Workers try to leave their current employer when their job search is instigated by dissatisfaction with an organisation-specific job domain, like management. Conversely, more job-specific problems, like a lack of autonomy, lead workers to opt for another position within their current organisation. Dissatisfaction with job domains which may have an industry-specific component, such as job duties, drives workers out of their industry. These findings suggest that on-the-job experience provides workers with information about the quality of their own job as well as of other jobs in their organisation and industry.
- J28 : Safety; Accidents; Industrial Health; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
- J45 : Public Sector Labor Markets
- M54 : Labor Management (team formation, worker empowerment, job design, tasks and authority, job satisfaction)
- J63 : Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
- search
- worker
- job satisfaction
- satisfaction
- organisation
- job search
- industry
- employee
- reason
- job duties
- job domains
- domain
- respondent
- nding
- education
- variable
- dissatisfaction
- work pressure
- table
- relation
