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Wellbeing at Work: Self Perception of Workers from a Gender Perspective

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  • Isabel NOVO-CORTI
  • Asunción LÓPEZ-ARRANZ
  • Fernando GONZÁLEZ-LAXE

    (Universidade da Coruña – Spain)

  • Jose PICATOSTE

    (Universidad Autonoma de Madird - España)

Abstract

Perceived wellbeing at the workplace could be related to various factors such as the training received, the general working environment and particularly, the level of gender equality. Moreover is expected that the higher wellbeing at work will be reflected in a higher general welfare. This paper discusses the sense of wellbeing at the workplace, and general welfare, regarding the training and perceived gender equality for those employed in the Spanish System of Ports. To carry out the work, we have relied on the European Survey on Working Conditions, through the adaptation of that questionnaire. Through a structural equation model (SEM) analysis, and a mean comparison analysis, it was found that the women’s perceptions on all studied variables are lower than the men’s ones. We found a causal relationship between perceived gender equality, training courses and wellbeing at work, as well as between this last variable and general welfare.

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  • Isabel NOVO-CORTI & Asunción LÓPEZ-ARRANZ & Fernando GONZÁLEZ-LAXE & Jose PICATOSTE, 2017. "Wellbeing at Work: Self Perception of Workers from a Gender Perspective," ECONOMIC COMPUTATION AND ECONOMIC CYBERNETICS STUDIES AND RESEARCH, Faculty of Economic Cybernetics, Statistics and Informatics, vol. 51(3), pages 161-177.
    • Handle: RePEc:cys:ecocyb:v:50:y:2017:i:3:p:161-177
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    Keywords

    working conditions; gender equality; perceived equality; structural equations model (SEM);
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    JEL classification:

    • J28 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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