In this paper, we aim at laying the foundation for, and present the results of, a study on the multidimensional construct of graduates’ job satisfaction (JS). The crucial issue involves the psychological frame used by graduates to appraise their job and express their satisfaction. In particular, we analyse whether they compare their work position with that of people of the same age, or of people who gained the same degree or the same job, or else with the work of parents while they judge the qualities of their job. The psycho-social and cultural coordinates of job satisfaction are analysed using the data collected in 2010 with the Agora survey from a sample of graduates at the University of Padua. There is evidence that university and work peers are the only references of freshly recruited graduates when they rate their own job satisfaction.
Psycho-social coordinates of graduates' job satisfaction
FABBRIS, LUIGI;MAERAN, ROBERTA;
2011
Abstract
In this paper, we aim at laying the foundation for, and present the results of, a study on the multidimensional construct of graduates’ job satisfaction (JS). The crucial issue involves the psychological frame used by graduates to appraise their job and express their satisfaction. In particular, we analyse whether they compare their work position with that of people of the same age, or of people who gained the same degree or the same job, or else with the work of parents while they judge the qualities of their job. The psycho-social and cultural coordinates of job satisfaction are analysed using the data collected in 2010 with the Agora survey from a sample of graduates at the University of Padua. There is evidence that university and work peers are the only references of freshly recruited graduates when they rate their own job satisfaction.
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