Ικανοποίηση από την εργασία: ιστορική, αναλυτική και εμπειρική προσέγγιση

Abstract

The starting idea of this project is the study of job satisfaction and more specifically the factors affecting the workforce positively or negatively towards their job. This dissertation presents the historical background of the term “job satisfaction”, tracing its development from motivation to the concept of job satisfaction and the tools for its measurement. Job satisfaction is viewed not only through the perspective of organisational psychologists but also through the point of view of economists. There is analytical presentation of the factors, which – according to international and Greek literature – appear to affect job satisfaction or dissatisfaction, and their consequences on the overall health of the workforce. This project was utilised the survey technique. More specifically, the questionnaire used results from a European Union funded research project referring to the Socio-economic factors affecting health inequalities of the older workforce. The research is conducted with sample of Greek population between the age 45-65 years old. This project employs a simple linear model using the relevant question from the questionnaire which refered to the views of the participants about their job ΙΚΑΝΟΡΟΙΘΣΘ ΑΡΟ ΤΘΝ Ε΢ΓΑΣΙΑ ABSTRACT 206 satisfaction. In other words this research controls whether the factors presented in the bibliography affecting job satisfaction are verified within the Greek population. The empirical results of this thesis strengthen the findings of other researchers, identifying the effect to job satisfaction of factors such as wages, educational status, gender. This project contributes to the up to now research regarding the subject of job satisfaction with reference to the Greek workforce.