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The Effects of Employees’ Education Degree on the Correlation Between Job Satisfaction and Personality Dimensions

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  • Knežević Milena Nedeljković

    (University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management)

  • Nedeljković Slađana

    (JP EPS, Ogranak RB ‘Kolubara’)

  • Mijatov Maja

    (University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management)

Abstract

Employees’ job satisfaction is an important factor of shaping the organizational business performances. However, job satisfaction might depend on employees’ personality dimensions, such as: extraversion, negative affectivity, conscientiousness, agreeableness and openness to new experiences. Besides that, the employees’ job satisfaction, but also their personality dimensions, might be affected by the employees’ education degree. In respect to that, this research was oriented towards determining the effects of the employees’ education degree on the correlation between the employees’ job satisfaction and their personality dimensions. The survey research sample consisted of 116 respondents, employed within a large public monopolistic organization, oriented towards the energy sector, operating in transitional society. The research results indicated that employees’ education degree shaped the correlation between all personality dimensions, on the one hand, and the pay, benefits, relation between coworkers, supervision and nature of the work facets of job satisfaction, on the other. Beside theoretical contribution, the research results might have practical implication through providing the information necessary for improving human resource management in Serbia, a transitional economy with general business conditions different from those in developed countries.

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  • Knežević Milena Nedeljković & Nedeljković Slađana & Mijatov Maja, 2019. "The Effects of Employees’ Education Degree on the Correlation Between Job Satisfaction and Personality Dimensions," Economic Themes, Sciendo, vol. 57(4), pages 497-510, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:ecothe:v:57:y:2019:i:4:p:497-510:n:6
    DOI: 10.2478/ethemes-2019-0028
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    Keywords

    job satisfaction; personality dimensions; Big Five theory; education degree; transitional economy;
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    JEL classification:

    • D79 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Other
    • D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
    • J53 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Labor-Management Relations; Industrial Jurisprudence
    • J8 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards
    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
    • M54 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Labor Management
    • Z32 - Other Special Topics - - Tourism Economics - - - Tourism and Development
    • Z39 - Other Special Topics - - Tourism Economics - - - Other

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