The Role of Work Values in the Subjective Quality-of-Life of Employees and Self-Employed Adults

• Autorzy: Zsófia Vörös
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

As research has produced conflicting results on the relationship between the employment form and life outcomes, it is important to examine the moderators of this link. In this article, we analyze the data of more than 4,000 working individuals of an international OECD survey and use the person-environment fit theory to test whether intrinsic and extrinsic work values have a differential effect on the subjective and eudaimonic well-being, and job satisfaction of organizational employees and self-employed individuals. We found that employees experience lower job satisfaction and well-being than self-employed adults but work values may narrow the gap. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Job satisfaction; Self-employment; Value of work; Quality of life

PL

Zadowolenie z pracy; Samozatrudnienie; Wartość pracy; Jakość życia

• Czasopismo: Economics & Sociology
• Rocznik: 2022
• Tom: 15
• Numer: nr 2
• Strony: 138--152

Twórcy

autor

Zsófia Vörös

• University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

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DOI

10.14254/2071-789X.2022/15-2/9