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SEX DIFFERENCES IN JOB SATISFACTION: A RE‐EXAMINATION 1
Author(s) -
SAUSER WILLIAM I.,
YORK C. MICHAEL
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
personnel psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.076
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1744-6570
pISSN - 0031-5826
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6570.1978.tb00461.x
Subject(s) - psychology , job satisfaction , analysis of covariance , test (biology) , social psychology , significant difference , position (finance) , covariate , demography , statistics , mathematics , economics , finance , sociology , biology , paleontology
This study was designed to test the hypothesis that observed sex differences in job satisfaction are due not to the influence of sex per se, but rather to the effects of several variables which covary with sex. Biographical and job satisfaction (Job Descriptive Index) data were obtained from 154 male and 326 female state government employees. Significant observed differences (male greater than female) in satisfactions with promotions and work “washed out” when the effects of age, education, tenure in organization, tenure in present position, and four cross‐product variables were held constant through analysis of covariance. However, a nonsignificant observed difference (female greater than male) in satisfaction with pay was greatly magnified (to significance) through analysis of covariance. The hypothesis received only partial support, since a significant difference in overall job satisfaction remained after the effects of the covariate variables were partialled out. Alternative explanations for the reversal in the direction of the difference in overall job satisfaction are discussed.