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In this paper, we analyse some aspects of job satisfaction by means of a multilevel factor model, decomposing the factor structure into the graduate and degree programme components, using data from a survey on the 1998 graduates of the University of Florence. Due to the ordinal scale of the response variables, we adopt a multilevel factor model for ordinal variables. The results show that the factor structures at the graduate and study programme levels are not the same, although they are similar; the study programmes with extreme factor scores should be selected for a deeper investigation.
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- Factor model
- Job satisfaction
- Multilevel model
- Ordinal variable
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Grilli, L., Rampichini, C. (2007). A Multilevel Analysis of Graduates’ Job Satisfaction. In: Fabbris, L. (eds) Effectiveness of University Education in Italy. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-1751-5_3
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