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http://dx.doi.org/10.7856/kjcls.2013.24.1.119

Influences of Work Characteristics on Older Workers' Job Satisfaction: Focusing on Gender Differences  

Jung, Yunkyung (Graduate School of Social Welfare, The University of Suwon)
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The Korean Journal of Community Living Science / v.24, no.1, 2013 , pp. 119-132 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aims to understand potential gender differences in the association between job characteristics and job satisfaction among older workers. The data are from 506 males and 202 females older than 55 from the first wave of the Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing(KLoSA). Analyses focused on examining gender differences in the influences of subjective evaluation of work characteristics measured with education and skill fits of the work, work demands, customary early retirement, as well as more objective job conditions assessed with insurances by the employer, work hours, and salary on job satisfaction. Regression analyses revealed that female workers showed higher job satisfaction while job characteristics worked differently between genders to affect job satisfaction. For males, fitting the job with education and job demands were determining factors of job satisfaction, while the job with skills and work hours appeared to be significant factors for females. Results suggest that opportunities to utilize older workers' human capital and flexible working hours, especially for females workers would be helpful in promoting older adults' employment and satisfaction about their work.
Keywords
older workers; job satisfaction; work characteristics; gender differences;
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