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

verfasst von

Matthias Pohlig, Sabine Israel, Irene Dingeldey

Abstract

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.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Soziologie

Externe Organisation(en)

Universität Bremen
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften

Typ

Artikel

Journal

Economic and industrial democracy

Band

43

Seiten

1028-1058

Anzahl der Seiten

31

ISSN

0143-831X

Publikationsdatum

01.08.2022

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Allgemeine Unternehmensführung und Buchhaltung, Strategie und Management, Organisationslehre und Personalmanagement, Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X20975865 (Zugang: Offen)