Open AccessGender and job satisfaction in German horticulture
Author(s) -
Stephan G.H. Meyerding,
Mira Lehberger
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the international food and agribusiness management review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1559-2448
pISSN - 1096-7508
DOI - 10.22434/ifamr2017.0125
Subject(s) - job satisfaction , german , economic shortage , agriculture , marketing , business , demographic economics , psychology , economics , geography , social psychology , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , government (linguistics)
There is little known about the links between gender and job satisfaction in the agricultural sector. Considering the ongoing shortage of agricultural staff in Germany, gaining insight into this issue is valuable, in particular, if one is interested in retaining workers in the business and in identifying gender-specific strategies to recruit new staff. For this reason, a survey among employees (N=218) of German horticultural companies was carried out. The results indicate that, while there are no significant differences for job satisfaction between the two genders in general, the determinants of job satisfaction differ substantially in their importance between the genders.