TITLE:
Discriminating Five Forms of Job Satisfaction: Investigating Their Relevance for Occupational Health Research and Practice
AUTHORS:
Alice Inauen, Gregor J. Jenny, Georg F. Bauer
KEYWORDS:
Forms of Job Satisfaction, Health, Effort-Reward Imbalance, Job Control, Work Engagement, Occupational Health Research and Practice
JOURNAL NAME:
Psychology,
Vol.6 No.2,
January
29,
2015
ABSTRACT: This study analyzed the relation and
discrimination between five forms of job satisfaction (stabilized, progressive
and resigned satisfaction; constructive and fixated dissatisfaction) regarding
health, work-related determinants of health and demographic variables. Job
satisfaction was assessed with a forced-choice survey item in 10 Swiss
companies (768 employees). Significant differences between forms of job
satisfaction with respect to health status, effort-reward imbalance, job
control, work engagement, age and sex were found. The five forms of job
satisfaction were discriminated, but classifying only 49.9% of the cases
correctly. General utility of this forced-choice item therefore must be
relativized.