Meta-Analysis of Job Satisfaction Amongst Different Occupations

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Abstract

Job satisfaction is significant to the development of organisations and well-being of workers. This concept is important for retaining workers, improving productivity, enhancing employee loyalty and increasing profit. Given that no meta-analysis has been conducted to compare job satisfaction amongst different occupations, this study analyses the level of job satisfaction amongst different occupations through a meta-analysis. The occupation with the highest value of odds ratio (OR) with job satisfaction is drivers, followed by office workers, disciplined services, nurses and physicians. By contrast, the occupation with the lowest OR is teachers. Job satisfaction is positively associated with a high tendency of suffering from occupational fatality. In addition, job satisfaction is related with turnover, productivity and revenue of organisations. However, the high occurrence of occupational fatality might affect the attitude of organisations on whether they should boost workers’ job satisfaction.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Human Factors, Business Management and Leadership - Proceedings of the AHFE 2020 Virtual Conferences on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, and Human Factors in Management and Leadership
EditorsJussi Ilari Kantola, Salman Nazir, Vesa Salminen
PublisherSpringer
Pages648-653
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9783030507909
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2020
Externally publishedYes
EventAHFE Virtual Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, and the International Conference on Management and Leadership, 2020 - San Diego, United States
Duration: 16 Jul 202020 Jul 2020

Publication series

NameAdvances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume1209 AISC
ISSN (Print)2194-5357
ISSN (Electronic)2194-5365

Conference

ConferenceAHFE Virtual Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, and the International Conference on Management and Leadership, 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego
Period16/07/2020/07/20

Keywords

  • Job satisfaction
  • Meta-analysis
  • Occupational fatality
  • Occupations

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • General Computer Science

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