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Gendered Differences in Job Satisfaction: How Men and Women Cope with Work and Family

Sarwar, Mazen A
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1398166228

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2014, MA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Sociology and Criminology.
This study examines factors that affect job satisfaction. Job satisfaction is an important measure in the workplace. A Salary.com article suggests that individuals are miserable because unsatisfying work makes them sick, they only work for money, they are stressed and overeating as a result, they are not committed to their work, and many workers feel as if they are being overworked. This study seeks to bring all components of job satisfaction together—under the lens of work-family conflict. Using data from the 2010 GSS, OLS regression was used to run four models separately for men and women: demographic, family, educational/occupational characteristics, and job characteristics. I find several significant differences between men and women including differences in the importance of income and part-time work status. More importantly however, were the similarities between men and women and the significance of job tenure, autonomy, security and social support. Men and women are more similar than one might expect in regards to the factors that affect their job satisfaction.
Tiffany Taylor, Dr. (Advisor)
Juan Xi, Dr. (Committee Member)
David Purcell, Dr. (Committee Member)
34 p.
Sociology
job satisfaction; gender differences; sociology; work overload; work coping; family coping; work and family

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  • Sarwar, M. A. (2014). Gendered Differences in Job Satisfaction: How Men and Women Cope with Work and Family [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1398166228

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Sarwar, Mazen. Gendered Differences in Job Satisfaction: How Men and Women Cope with Work and Family. 2014. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1398166228.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Sarwar, Mazen. "Gendered Differences in Job Satisfaction: How Men and Women Cope with Work and Family." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1398166228

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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