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Knowledge-Based Work and Job Satisfaction: Evidence from Spain

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The aim of the article is to address the determinants of job satisfaction for knowledge-based workers in Spain. The empirical analysis is focused on wage earners aged between 16 and 65 years. To do this, microdata of 6499 workers from the 2010 Survey of Quality of Life at Work (Encuesta de Calidad de Vida en el Trabajo, ECVT in Spanish) was used. An ordered probit model, which is designed to model the choice between discrete alternatives, was preferred for the econometric analysis. Our results highlight the fact that knowledge-based workers perceived significantly higher job satisfaction than less-knowledge-based workers. Evidence suggests that financial (only satisfaction with social benefits provided by firm) and non-financial (work organisation, labour relations and skills and training) job dimensions are the most important determinants of knowledge-based workers satisfaction in Spain. Additionally, stress, monotony, physical effort, labour discrimination, risk levels and commuting time have negative effects.

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  1. Economics and Business Studies, and Internet Interdiciplinary Institute (IN3), Open University of Catalonia (UOC), Tibidabo Avenue, 39-43, 08035, Barcelona, Spain

    Joan Torrent-Sellens

  2. Economics Department, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Lima, Peru

    Jackeline Velazco-Portocarrero

  3. Internet Interdisciplinary Institute, Open University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

    Jackeline Velazco-Portocarrero & Clara Viñas-Bardolet

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Table 6 Ordered probit determinants of waged workers job satisfaction in Spain 2010
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Table 7 Ordered probit determinants of knowledge-based waged workers job satisfaction in Spain 2010
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Table 8 Ordered probit determinants of less-knowledge-based waged workers job satisfaction in Spain 2010
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Torrent-Sellens, J., Velazco-Portocarrero, J. & Viñas-Bardolet, C. Knowledge-Based Work and Job Satisfaction: Evidence from Spain. J Knowl Econ 9, 575–612 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-015-0349-1

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