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This chapter proposes modeling job satisfaction over time using a Latent Growth Curve Model. Portuguese data from the European Community Household Panel are used. Job satisfaction is modeled longitudinally, considering a two factor structure: satisfaction with the extrinsic factors (material aspects of work) and satisfaction with the intrinsic factors (qualitative aspects of work). The characteristics of the complex survey design are taken into account in the estimation procedure. The methodological approach allows to capture differences between and within individuals in their job satisfaction trajectories.
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The statistical sections are contiguous geographic areas generally belonging to the same freguesia, although never exceeding the limits of the municipality to which they belong. In Portugal each statistical section has around 300 households.
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This research was supported by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, grant PTDC/GES/72784/2006.
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de Fátima Salgueiro, M., Serra, P. (2013). Longitudinal Modeling of Job Satisfaction Using Portuguese Data from the European Community Household Panel. In: Oliveira, P., da Graça Temido, M., Henriques, C., Vichi, M. (eds) Recent Developments in Modeling and Applications in Statistics. Studies in Theoretical and Applied Statistics(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32419-2_5
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