The Education-Job Satisfaction Paradox in the Public Sector

We compare the self-reported satisfaction of workers, employed in the private and the public sectors across European countries, with their working conditions and pay and have reached a controversial conclusion. Although we have found there are more educated workers in the public sector than in the p...

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Autores: Torregrosa Montaner, Ramón José, Pita Yáñez, María Cristina
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
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Job satisfaction
Public sector
Private sector
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spelling The Education-Job Satisfaction Paradox in the Public SectorTorregrosa Montaner, Ramón JoséPita Yáñez, María CristinaEducationJob satisfactionPublic sectorPrivate sector6306 Sociología del TrabajoWe compare the self-reported satisfaction of workers, employed in the private and the public sectors across European countries, with their working conditions and pay and have reached a controversial conclusion. Although we have found there are more educated workers in the public sector than in the private sector, higher-educated workers report lower levels of satisfaction with their working conditions and income when employed in the public sector, which was the opposite for less educated workers employed in this same sector. In contrast, we found a positive association between education and job satisfaction for workers employed in the private sector.Springer202420242023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10366/154189reponame:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamancainstname:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)InglésAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:gredos.usal.es:10366/1541892026-06-07T06:28:51Z
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title The Education-Job Satisfaction Paradox in the Public Sector
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Torregrosa Montaner, Ramón José
Education
Job satisfaction
Public sector
Private sector
6306 Sociología del Trabajo
title_short The Education-Job Satisfaction Paradox in the Public Sector
title_full The Education-Job Satisfaction Paradox in the Public Sector
title_fullStr The Education-Job Satisfaction Paradox in the Public Sector
title_full_unstemmed The Education-Job Satisfaction Paradox in the Public Sector
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dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Torregrosa Montaner, Ramón José
Pita Yáñez, María Cristina
author Torregrosa Montaner, Ramón José
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Pita Yáñez, María Cristina
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Education
Job satisfaction
Public sector
Private sector
6306 Sociología del Trabajo
topic Education
Job satisfaction
Public sector
Private sector
6306 Sociología del Trabajo
description We compare the self-reported satisfaction of workers, employed in the private and the public sectors across European countries, with their working conditions and pay and have reached a controversial conclusion. Although we have found there are more educated workers in the public sector than in the private sector, higher-educated workers report lower levels of satisfaction with their working conditions and income when employed in the public sector, which was the opposite for less educated workers employed in this same sector. In contrast, we found a positive association between education and job satisfaction for workers employed in the private sector.
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