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New hires' job satisfaction time trajectory

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  • Ralf Bebenroth
  • Jose O.L. Berengueres

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This study is aimed at quantifying the job satisfaction trajectory of new hires. The authors compared job satisfaction of 815 new hires to 1,925 non-new employees, asking all participating employees a simple daily question for ten months: 'how happy are you today at work?'. With a sample of 187.137 data points, we found a high heterogeneity in job satisfaction among employees from 12 different companies that participated in our study. On the tenets of acculturation theory and more fine-grained data, we support previous research that new hires started with a 27% higher job satisfaction compared to the non-new employees. The level of job satisfaction kept on decreasing (until 64th day), continuing at a slower pace, gradually bottoming out after eight months. The ratio of new hires' job satisfaction to non-new employees began an upward trend between the sixth and the seventh month (195th day).

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  • Ralf Bebenroth & Jose O.L. Berengueres, 2020. "New hires' job satisfaction time trajectory," International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 20(1), pages 61-74.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijhrdm:v:20:y:2020:i:1:p:61-74
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