Job satisfaction and self-employment: autonomy or personality?
Most studies in the economics discourse argue that the impact of self-employment on job satisfaction is mediated by greater procedural freedom and autonomy. Values and personality traits are considered less likely to explain the utility difference between self-employed and salaried workers. Psycholo...
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| description | Most studies in the economics discourse argue that the impact of self-employment on job satisfaction is mediated by greater procedural freedom and autonomy. Values and personality traits are considered less likely to explain the utility difference between self-employed and salaried workers. Psychologyscholars suggest that entrepreneurial satisfaction also depends, at least in part, on specific values and personality traits. Utilising a large dataset derived from the 2006 European Social Survey, this study performs a complementary analysis by taking personality traits, personal values and indicators forworkers’ autonomy explicitly into account. The empirical findings add further strength to economists’argument that, net of values and personality traits, autonomy and independence are the mechanisms bywhich self-employment leads to higher levels of job satisfaction. These results hold true for both male and female sub-samples even when a multitude of sociodemographic characteristics, personal values and personality traits are controlled for. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-178412017-05-30T08:09:02Z Job satisfaction and self-employment: autonomy or personality? Lange, Thomas Job satisfaction European social survey autonomy self-employment personality traits Most studies in the economics discourse argue that the impact of self-employment on job satisfaction is mediated by greater procedural freedom and autonomy. Values and personality traits are considered less likely to explain the utility difference between self-employed and salaried workers. Psychologyscholars suggest that entrepreneurial satisfaction also depends, at least in part, on specific values and personality traits. Utilising a large dataset derived from the 2006 European Social Survey, this study performs a complementary analysis by taking personality traits, personal values and indicators forworkers’ autonomy explicitly into account. The empirical findings add further strength to economists’argument that, net of values and personality traits, autonomy and independence are the mechanisms bywhich self-employment leads to higher levels of job satisfaction. These results hold true for both male and female sub-samples even when a multitude of sociodemographic characteristics, personal values and personality traits are controlled for. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17841 Kluwer Academic Publishers restricted |
| spellingShingle | Job satisfaction European social survey autonomy self-employment personality traits Lange, Thomas Job satisfaction and self-employment: autonomy or personality? |
| title | Job satisfaction and self-employment: autonomy or personality? |
| title_full | Job satisfaction and self-employment: autonomy or personality? |
| title_fullStr | Job satisfaction and self-employment: autonomy or personality? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Job satisfaction and self-employment: autonomy or personality? |
| title_short | Job satisfaction and self-employment: autonomy or personality? |
| title_sort | job satisfaction and self-employment: autonomy or personality? |
| topic | Job satisfaction European social survey autonomy self-employment personality traits |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17841 |