Determinants of Job Satisfaction of Federal Government Employees

@article{Ting1997DeterminantsOJ,
  title={Determinants of Job Satisfaction of Federal Government Employees},
  author={Y. Ting},
  journal={Public Personnel Management},
  year={1997},
  volume={26},
  pages={313 - 334}
}
  • Y. Ting
  • Published 1997
  • Economics
  • Public Personnel Management
    • What determines the job satisfaction of federal government employees? Using data reported in the Survey of Federal Government Employees, I propose and assess the argument that the job satisfaction of federal government employees is determined primarily by three sets of factors: job characteristics, organizational characteristics, and individual characteristics. The empirical findings show that job characteristics such as pay satisfaction, promotional opportunity, task clarity and significance… CONTINUE READING
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