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Job satisfaction and quits – Which job characteristics matters most?

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  • Kristensen, Nicolai

    (CCP and Department of Economics, Aarhus School of Business)

  • Westergård-Nielsen, Niels

    (CCP, IZA & Department of Economics, Aarhus School of Business)

Abstract

Various job satisfaction domains are ranked according to their explanatory power in regressions explaining quits. Satisfaction with Type of Work is found to be the most important job characteristic in Denmark while satisfaction with Job Security is found to be insignificant. These results are opposed to results for UK, where Job Security is found to be the most important job domain. This discrepancy between UK and Denmark might be due to differences in unemployment insurance benefits and indicates that there are »invisible« benefits inherited in the welfare state insurance system because employees in Denmark don’t worry about job security.

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  • Kristensen, Nicolai & Westergård-Nielsen, Niels, 2006. "Job satisfaction and quits – Which job characteristics matters most?," Nationaløkonomisk tidsskrift, Nationaløkonomisk Forening, vol. 2006(1), pages 230-248.
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