job autonomy and job satisfaction new evidence：工作自主性和工作满意度的新证据.pdf

Job autonomy and job satisfaction: new evidence Anh Ngoc Nguyen, Jim Taylor and Steve Bradley* Departm e nt of Econom ics Managem e nt School Lancaster University Lancaster, England a.******@ jim .******@ s.******@ August 2003 Abstract: This paper investigates the im pact of perceived job autonom y on job satisfaction. W e use the fifth sweep of the National E ducational Longitudinal Study (1988-2000), which contains personally reported job satisfaction data for a sam p le of individuals eight years after the end pulsory education. After cont rolling for a wide range of personal and job- related variables, perceived job autonom y is found to be a highly significant determ inant of five separate dom ains of job satisfaction (pa y, fringe benefits, prom otion prospects, job security and im portance / challenge of work). JOB AUTONOMY SATISFACTION PAY GENDER PROMOTION JEL classification: I31, J28 * Anh Nguy en would like to thank the ESRC for fi nancial support under its Po st-doctoral Fellowship Program m e . Com m unications to be addressed to Professor Jim Tay l or, Managem e nt School, Departm e nt of Econom ics, Lancaster University , Lancaster, LA1 4YX, England. 1 1. Introduction Traditionally, econom ists have shied away from investigating well-being because of its highly subjective nature and have considered ' p er sonal judgem e nts of satisfaction and other subjective opinions as a black box that should be opened only by psychologists and sociologists' (Levy-Garboura and Montm a rquette 1997, ). The m a in concern has been that no two people will use the sam e scale to answer questions about their well-being. 1 Nevertheless, the analysis of subjective well-be ing has e a topic of increasing interest am ong econom ists and is now regarded as som e th ing worthy of em pirical investigation (Clark and Oswald 1994; Blanchflower and Oswald