Work motivation and job satisfaction in the Nordic countries

This paper studies differences in job satisfaction and intrinsic work motivation between employees with different characteristics. Based on a study of the literature assumptions regarding these differences are developed and tested on data from a survey in the Nordic countries. In this survey 9,623 e...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Employee relations 2004-04, Vol.26 (2), p.122-136
Main Authors: Eskildsen, Jacob K, Kristensen, Kai, Westlund, Anders H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Correlation analysis
Denmark
Employees
Finland
Gender
Information systems
Job satisfaction
Labor market
Motivation
Motivation psychology
Norway
Psychological aspects
Studies
Sweden
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:This paper studies differences in job satisfaction and intrinsic work motivation between employees with different characteristics. Based on a study of the literature assumptions regarding these differences are developed and tested on data from a survey in the Nordic countries. In this survey 9,623 employees from randomly selected households in the Nordic countries participated. Among the findings are that Danish workers were found to be the most satisfied and that there is no difference between the genders with respect to job satisfaction in the Nordic countries.
ISSN:0142-5455
1758-7069
DOI:10.1108/01425450410511043