Paper #484

Title:

Job satisfaction and life satisfaction: Analysis of a reciprocal model with social demographic moderators

Authors:

Shimon L. Dolan and Eric Gosselin

Date:

June 2000

Abstract:

The general objective of the study was to empirically test a reciprocal model of job satisfaction and life satisfaction while controlling for some social demographic variables. 827 employees working in 34 car dealerships in Northern Quebec (56% responses rate) were surveyed. The multiple item questionnaires were analysed using correlation analysis, chi square and ANOVAs. Results show interesting patterns emerging for the relationships between job and life satisfaction of which 49.2% of all individuals have spillover, 43.5% compensation, and 7.3% segmentation type of relationships. Results, nonetheless, are far richer and the model becomes much more refined when social demographic indicators are taken into account. Globally, social demographic variables demonstrate some effects on each satisfaction individually but also on the interrelation (nature of the relations) between life and work satisfaction.

Keywords:

Job satisfaction, life satisfaction, spillover-compensation-segmentation model

JEL codes:

D23, J20, J28

Area of Research:

Business Economics and Industrial Organization

Published in:

Chapitre dans : Roland Foucher, André Savoie et Luc Brunet (éditeurs); Société québécoise de psychologie du travail et des organisations (SQPTO), Montréal, 2002
With the title:
Identifier les rapports entre la satisfaction au travail et celle hors travail : vers un modèle polymorphique de la relation

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