The satisfaction paradox revisited

Sardadvar, Karin; Markova, Ekaterina L.; Poggi, Agostino

doi:10.4000/nrt.3349

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“…Therefore, as did some other studies in the field, the present article ascertained relatively positive subjective assessments of migration, despite the migrants' obviously negative experiences (e.g. Amit and Chachashvili-Bolotin, 2018;Sardadvar et al, 2017).…”

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Impacts of negative labor market experiences on the life satisfaction of European East–West mobile workers: Cross-border commuters from the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary in Austria

Haindorfer

2020

Journal of Industrial Relations

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This article investigates the impacts of negative labor market experiences on the life satisfaction of European East–West mobile workers by taking Czech, Slovak and Hungarian cross-border commuters working in Austria as an example. The recent literature has indicated a ‘dark side’ of East–West mobility, as many mobile Eastern Europeans face negative labor market experiences in the Western labor markets. If East–West commuters accept such experiences, employers and employees may quite easily subvert working standards, with detrimental effects on host countries that are intertwined in cross-border labor markets. Empirically, this study used a sequential mixed-methods design, based on quantitative and qualitative data from a research project on East–West commuters in Austria. The empirical findings showed that the negative labor market experiences are not important for commuters’ life satisfaction. From a multitude of those experiences under investigation, only ethnic discrimination experiences had a significantly negative impact. Instead, life satisfaction was mainly influenced by the overall health status and the perception that one’s own living conditions have improved in comparison with those of others from one’s country of origin. The in-depth qualitative findings corroborated the quantitative findings in terms of the low relevance of negative labor market experiences for the subjective assessments of commuting.

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confidence: 52%

Impacts of negative labor market experiences on the life satisfaction of European East–West mobile workers: Cross-border commuters from the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary in Austria

Haindorfer

2020

Journal of Industrial Relations

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“…The goal is to understand why cleaners report feeling satisfied with their jobs. On this question, our approach is akin to that of sociologists who consider job satisfaction as a contextual phenomenon, differing among persons, occupations and labour market segments (Brown et al, 2007, 2012; Budd and Spencer, 2015; Hebson et al, 2015; Sardadvar et al, 2017). These workers are not irrationally expressing satisfaction, but rather are making the most of a disadvantaged socio-economic position.…”

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“…Cleaners are very often middle-age women, with a very low level of education, often of foreign origin, with career paths marked by instability, unemployment or inactivity. Our results are to be compared with other works such as those of Sardadvar et al (2017), for example. They show that cleaning workers also interpret their jobs in light of the fact that they perceive few labour market alternatives.…”

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“…Qualitative studies in the field of sociology confirm this accommodation phenomenon. In their study, based on qualitative empirical data from the Austrian cleaning, the Bulgarian waste collection and the Italian elderly care sectors, Sardadvar et al (2017) show that the workers of these sectors, often migrants and ethnic minorities, experience low-paid and low-status jobs associated with high levels of job satisfaction. These workers never planned to hold these jobs.…”

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“…They are relatively stable and can be accepted by female workers with no immediate childcare responsibilities. Moreover, for women working part-time in low-wage jobs, Sardadvar et al (2017) show that parts of the satisfaction paradox can be explained by their framing of their wage as a contribution to the family income: most of them have partners who usually earn more than themselves. From this point of view, it is the dynamics of the household itself that should be integrated into the analysis.…”

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Léné

2019

Work, Employment and Society

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Our analysis is based on the French DARES Working Conditions survey which contains a very large sample of individuals representative of the French working population. We demonstrate that employees working in the cleaning sector report significantly higher levels of satisfaction than the other employees. This statistical result is robust; it persists when we introduce a large number of control variables. This result is puzzling insofar as it is generally agreed that these workers hold ‘poor quality’ jobs: low pay, an abnormal pattern of work, arduous working conditions. We suggest that cleaners’ expectations and standards are influenced by an adaptation process. Their job satisfaction needs to be considered in the light of their past experience. Their employment history shapes their wants and needs and thus affects the way they evaluate their work.

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Does the household context matter for job satisfaction among low-wage workers?

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2020

Economic and Industrial Democracy

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Previous research has established that low-wage earners have on average lower job satisfaction. However, several studies have found personal characteristics, such as gender, age and educational level, moderate this negative impact. This article demonstrates additional factors at the household level, which have not yet been empirically investigated, and which may exacerbate gender differences. The authors analyse the job satisfaction of low-wage earners depending on the contribution of individual earnings to the household income and on household deprivation using the 2013 special wave of the EU-SILC for 18 European countries. The study finds that single earners in low-wage employment report lower job satisfaction whereas low-wage employment does not seem to make a difference for secondary earners. Furthermore, low-wage earners’ job satisfaction is linked with the ability of their household to make ends meet.

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The satisfaction paradox revisited

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Impacts of negative labor market experiences on the life satisfaction of European East–West mobile workers: Cross-border commuters from the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary in Austria

Impacts of negative labor market experiences on the life satisfaction of European East–West mobile workers: Cross-border commuters from the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary in Austria

Job Satisfaction and Bad Jobs: Why Are Cleaners So Happy at Work?

Does the household context matter for job satisfaction among low-wage workers?

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