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GENDER DIFFERENCES IN WORK SATISFACTION
Author(s) -
Baxter Janeen,
LynchBlosse Mark,
Western John
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1996.tb01054.x
Subject(s) - project commissioning , work (physics) , job satisfaction , publishing , class (philosophy) , consciousness , psychology , paid work , demographic economics , social psychology , political science , economics , engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , artificial intelligence , neuroscience , law
This paper explores differences between men and women in levels of work satisfaction, employing data from the Australian component of the International Project on Class Structure and Class Consciousness. While women tend to be concentrated in low‐status, low‐paid positions, that is the secondary labour market, the data suggest that, in general, they are more satisfied with paid employment than men. Employment constraints are found to be a key factor in the observed differences in levels of work satisfaction. For both groups, however, it is clear that work satisfaction derives primarily from work‐related factors.