The job satisfaction of English academics and their intentions to quit academe

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The job satisfaction of English academics and their intentions to quit academe

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Philip Stevens (National Institute of Economic & Social Research)

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Philip Andrew Stevens

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This paper considers the job satisfaction of academics using a detailed dataset of over two thousand academics from ten English higher education institutions. The results of our analysis suggest that one would be wrong to consider one single measure of job-satisfaction. Academics appear to be considering three separate sets of elements of their jobs, namely the pecuniary factors (both the salary and the ability to earn money from additional work. We also consider the influence of these elements of job satisfaction on their intentions to leave the sector.

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Paper provided by EconWPA in its series Labor and Demography with number 0512005.

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- Philip Stevens, 2005. "The job satisfaction of English academics and their intentions to quit academe," NIESR Discussion Papers 262, National Institute of Economic and Social Research. [Downloadable!]

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C25 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models
J28 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
J63 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies - - - Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs

This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:

NEP-ALL-2005-12-14 (All new papers)
NEP-EDU-2005-12-14 (Education)
NEP-HRM-2005-12-14 (Human Capital & Human Resource Management)
NEP-SOG-2005-12-14 (Sociology of Economics)
NEP-TID-2005-12-14 (Technology & Industrial Dynamics)

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Andrew E. Clark & Yarine Fawaz, 2009. "Valuing jobs via retirement: European evidence," PSE Working Papers 2009-18, PSE (Ecole normale supérieure). [Downloadable!]

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