Exploring working conditions as determinants of job satisfaction: an empirical test among Catalonia service workers

Marín-García, Juán A.; Bonavía, Tomás; Losilla, Josep-María

doi:10.1080/02642069.2011.559226

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“…The organizational living environment influences construction labour satisfaction because labourers want a living environment that provides greater physical comfort and reliable lifestyle support and hence promotes work productivity (Turkyilmaz et al 2011). Some studies have shown that low job satisfaction levels can mainly be attributed to poor life environment (Marin-García et al 2011). Therefore, the following hypothesis is formulated.…”

Section: Managerial Drivers Satisfaction and Loyaltymentioning

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Managerial Drivers of Chinese Labour Loyalty in International Construction Projects

Zhu

Zeng

et al. 2017

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

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Organization performance is becoming ever more dependent on employee loyalty in the international construction projects. However, the improvement of construction labour loyalty on construction sites remains a largely neglected measure for reducing their turnover and improving their productivity. The purpose of this study was to quantitatively investigate the managerial drivers of labour loyalty, including macro-environment of the project host country, organizational living environment, job system, rewards, and communication, and to explore the significance of satisfaction as a mediating variable in the relationship between the managerial drivers and construction labour loyalty. First, hypotheses on the relationships between construction labour loyalty, satisfaction and the five managerial drivers were proposed. Second, structural equation modelling was adopted to test these hypotheses. Finally, the results demonstrated two types of influence paths: (1) macro-environment, job system and communication have significantly direct effects on construction labour loyalty, (2) mediated by satisfaction, organizational living environment and rewards offer positive indirect effects on construction labour loyalty. The first type of path serves as a long-term strategic orientation for improving labour loyalty. The second type of path is a tactic for short-term goals of labour loyalty enhancement. The research results can contribute to the body of knowledge of human resource management and the practice of enhancing labour productivity through improving construction labour loyalty in the context of international construction projects.

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Section: Managerial Drivers Satisfaction and Loyaltymentioning

confidence: 99%

Managerial Drivers of Chinese Labour Loyalty in International Construction Projects

Zhu

Zeng

et al. 2017

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

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“…There is no agreement on the best way to measure satisfaction. There are several arguments for and against single item or multi-scale/multi-item (Bergkvist & Rossiter, 2007;Hernández Maestro, Muñoz Gallego & Santos Requejo, 2008;Oshagbemi, 1999;Marin-Garcia, Bonavia & Losilla, 2011). On the one hand, single-item scales occupy less space, are less expensive and may be a better measure of job satisfaction change, while the multi-item scales provide more information on the facets of satisfaction, and can be determined their reliability and validity (Nagy, 2002).…”

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Validation of the JDS satisfaction scales applied to educational university environments

Giraldo-O’Meara

Marín-García

Martínez-Gómez³

2014

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Purpose: The aim of this study is to review and summarize the main satisfaction scales used in publications about human Resource Management and educational research, in order to adapt the satisfaction scales of the Job Diagnostic Survey (JDS) to higher education and validate it with a sample of university students and to assess the concept of satisfaction in two different ways: as a single-item measure, with a global indicator and as a multi-item measure, analyzed as a global model and composed by several scales.Design/methodology/approach: Confirmatory factor analysis with maximum likelihood, using structural equations model, was employed to assess the model fit in 152 business management undergraduates.Findings and originality/value: The satisfaction model measured as multi-item scale present an acceptable fit. Even though, some of the satisfaction scales did not present a satisfactory fit, they can be used and interpreted independently with carefulness. Nevertheless, the satisfaction single-item scale presents a better fit and has been validated as a simpler and less costly measure of satisfaction.-72-Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management -http://dx.doi.org/10. 3926/jiem.906 Originality/value: In the current process of change that is taking place in universities according to the plan developed by the European Space of higher Education, validated instruments as the satisfaction scale of JDS, adapted to teaching, may facilitate this process through the diagnosis, and follow-up of changes in satisfaction levels in university classrooms.

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“…La satisfacción ha sido estudiada tanto como una medida multidimensional (Locke, 1976;Weiss, Dawis, England & Lofquist, 1967;Smith, Kendall & Hullin, 1969;Spector et al, 2007;Meliá, Pradilla, Martí, Sancerni, Oliver & Tomás, 1990;Hackman & Oldham, 1976;Hartman & Schmidt, 1995;Elliott & Shin, 2002;Harvey, 1995;Coffey & Gibbs, 2001;Alves & Raposo, 2009), como unidimensional (Hsu & Wang, 2008;Roelen, Koopmans & Groothoff, 2008;De Jonge, Dormann, Janssen, Dollard, Landeweerd & Nijhuis, 2001;Hair, Hult, Ringle & Sarstedt, 2013;Giraldo-O'Meara, Marín-García & Martínez-Gómez, 2014;Oshagbemi, 1999;Bergkvist & Rossiter, 2007;Petrescu & Simmons, 2008;Marín-García, Bonavia & Losilla, 2011). Varios autores han tratado de determinar los factores que están relacionados con la satisfacción.…”

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Redesigning work in university classrooms: factors related to satisfaction in engineering and business administration students

Marín-García

Martínez-Gómez

Giraldo-O’Meara

2014

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We analyze how it affects the teaching model to motivational potential of the course and student satisfaction. Design/methodology: Using structural equation modeling (SEM) has analyzed data from a cross-section (2008, 2009 and 2010) of 535 students of industrial engineering and business administration, a Spanish public university. Findings: The results, using a validated instrument adapted to the teaching world, demonstrate the association between the characteristics of the type of student work, the motivating potential of the subject and satisfaction. Research limitations/implications: The Identity scale does not have good fit and the results should be considered tentative. The sample is limited and does not allow to

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Exploring working conditions as determinants of job satisfaction: an empirical test among Catalonia service workers

Cited by 18 publications

References 77 publications

Managerial Drivers of Chinese Labour Loyalty in International Construction Projects

Managerial Drivers of Chinese Labour Loyalty in International Construction Projects

Validation of the JDS satisfaction scales applied to educational university environments

Redesigning work in university classrooms: factors related to satisfaction in engineering and business administration students

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